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Mints Of Australia
A mint or breath mint is a food item often consumed as an after-meal refreshment or before business and social engagements to improve breath odor. Mints are commonly believed to soothe the stomach, given their association with natural byproducts of the plant genus '' Mentha''. Mints sometimes contain derivatives from plants such as peppermint oil or spearmint oil, or wintergreen from the plant genus '' Gaultheria''. However, many of the most popular mints citing these natural sources contain none in their ingredient list or contain only trace amounts. History The production of mints as a discrete food item can be traced back to the 18th century with the invention of Altoids. The popularity of mints took off in the early 20th century, with the advent of mass urbanization and mass marketing. Advertising for mints focused on their convenience, and on the socially isolating effects of bad breath. These advertisements targeted young people generally, and young women particularly. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confectionery
Confectionery is the Art (skill), art of making confections, or sweet foods. Confections are items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates, although exact definitions are difficult. In general, however, confections are divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories: baker's confections and sugar confections. Baker's confectionery, also called flour confections, includes principally sweet pastries, cakes, and similar Baking, baked goods. Baker's confectionery excludes everyday Bread, breads, and thus is a subset of products produced by a baker. Sugar confectionery includes candies (also called ''sweets'', short for ''sweetmeats'', in many English-speaking countries), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar. In some cases, chocolate confections (confections made of chocolate) are treated as a separate category, as are sugar-free versions of sugar confections. The words ''candy'' (Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mentha × Gracilis
''Mentha'' × ''gracilis'' (syn. ''Mentha'' × ''gentilis'' L.; syn. ''Mentha cardiaca'' (S.F. Gray) Bak.) is a hybrid mint species within the genus ''Mentha'', a sterile hybrid between '' Mentha arvensis'' (cornmint) and '' Mentha spicata'' (native spearmint). It is cultivated for its essential oil, used to flavour spearmint chewing gum. It is known by the common names of gingermint, redmint and Scotchmint in Europe, and as Scotch spearmint in North America. History Gingermint is a naturally occurring hybrid indigenous throughout the overlapping native regions of cornmint and spearmint in Europe and Asia. It was first introduced to North America by a gardener in Wisconsin in 1908; due to the Scottish origin of the variety and its similarity in flavour to spearmint, it is known there as Scotch spearmint. From Wisconsin it spread as a crop throughout the US Midwest and later to the Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, where the majority of global Scotch spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spearmint (flavour)
Spearmint is a flavour that is either naturally or artificially created to taste like the oil of the herbaceous ''Mentha spicata'' (spearmint) plant. Uses The most common uses for spearmint flavor is in chewing gum and toothpaste. However, it is also used in a number of other products, mainly confectionery. It is also popular as a seasonal (usually around St. Patrick's Day) milkshake flavoring in Canada and the U.S. Trademark in the UK The words "WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT" are trademarked in the UK. In 1959, skiffle artist Lonnie Donegan renamed his cover version of the 1924 Rose, Breuer, and Bloom song "Does the Spearmint Lose its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?" as the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ..., not wanting to risk breaching trademark laws, refused t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Breath Mints
This is a list of breath mint brands in alphabetical order. A breath mint is a type of candy primarily consumed to freshen the smell of one's breath, by masking halitosis, offensive odors with the scent of Mentha#Uses, mint or other flavoring, and by stimulating the flow of saliva to help remove food and dental plaque, bacterial debris from the mouth. Like chewing gums and throat lozenges, many breath mints are artificially sweetened and consumed solely for non-nutritive purposes. Breath mint brands See also * List of chewing gum brands * List of confectionery brands * Cough drops, also known as throat lozenges * Mint (candy), Mint * Spearmint (flavour), Spearmint * Peppermint * Wintergreen * Candy cane * Humbug (sweet), Humbug References {{DEFAULTSORT:Breath mints Brand name confectionery, Breath mints, Lists of brand name foods, Breath mints Lists of foods, Breath mints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
