Menthol (L-Menthol)

Hazard level: Low health concern

What is Menthol (L-Menthol)?

Cooling compound extracted from mint oils, used to flavor gum, candy, and cough drops.

Is Menthol (L-Menthol) safe?

Menthol (L-Menthol) is considered low concern by food-safety agencies.

Score impact: −3 points on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 14 of 12,846 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

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Also known as

Menthol (L-Menthol) is also known as mentol, ментол, menthol, l-ментол, l-menthol — these all refer to the same ingredient.

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Where Menthol (L-Menthol) is typically found

Snacks Sweet Snacks Confectioneries Chewing Gum Sugar Free Chewing Gum

Related additives

Sugar (Sucrose) Natural Flavouring Eucalyptus Oil Sorbitol (E420) Glucose Syrup Glycerol (Glycerin) (E422) Acacia Gum (Gum Arabic) (E414) Tocopherol (Vitamin E) (E306) Carnauba Wax (E903) Glucose (Dextrose)

Products containing Menthol (L-Menthol)

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