Mint is cool, refreshing, and is generally associated with a healthy, clean feeling. Modern consumers are drawn to the complexity of mint pairings while still enjoying its soothing nature as a standalone flavor. Northwestern Extract Company has many different mint options to suit your needs, and ideas for the perfect pairing for each mint profile.
Spearmint, also known as Garden Mint, has a delicate, almost sweet, fresh minty taste and lacks the strong cooling effect that you would find with peppermint.
- Cucumber
- Lemon
- Lime
- Lime & Rum (Mojito)
- Tropical Fruits (Papaya, Mango)
- Watermelon
Peppermint is pungent (almost spicy) with much more herbal, sometimes “dirty” notes, and cooling due to a large percentage of menthol. We have a variety of peppermint flavors that can highlight the earthiness and cooling nature, or creamy peppermints, as you would find in a peppermint patty candy, that contains creamy and vanillic components that calm down the strong menthol notes. Make sure to try our new TTB-Approvable Candy Cane flavor, available just in time for Christmas!
- Chocolate Cookie (Grasshopper)
- Dark Chocolate
- Irish Cream
- Mocha
- Vanilla
- Whipped Cream
- White Chocolate (Peppermint Bark)
Unspecified “Mint” flavor is generally some combination of peppermint and spearmint, which blends the sweet fresh character from the spearmint with the herbal and cooling nature of the peppermint.
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Raspberry
- Strawberry
Wintergreen is less commonly used as a standalone flavor, but is the dominant flavor in root beer, along with vanilla and other sweet brown notes.
- Basil
- Peppermint
- Vanilla
- Whipped Cream
Give us a call today at 1(800)466-3034 to discuss your Mint Flavor ideas or request a sample online today!
