Spearmint Chopped and Dried
What is Spearmint?
Spearmintis also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint or mackerel mint. Spearmint is often infused in hot water to make spearmint tea and it is one of the main ingredients of Maghrebi mint tea. It can also be used as a flavouring in foods. It has been known to be used in traditional medicine. Spearmint is used for its aromatic oil. The oil is used as a flavouring for toothpaste and confectionary but can also be found in shampoos and soaps.
Where does Spearmint Come From?
Mint, (genus Mentha), genus of 25 species of fragrant herbs of the Mint family (Lamiaceae). Spearmint (Mentha spicata) is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia although it has been naturalized in other temperate parts of the world including North and South America and Northern and Southern Africa.
Entirely Ingredients Spearmint?
Our Chopped Spearmint is food grade and selected for the highest quality. Our Spearmint comes from Egypt. The dried leaves of Mentha Spicata (Spear Mint). The Spearmint is dried and partially separated from extraneous matter, at origin; cleaned, sieved, passed over magnets, quality controlled and packed at Entirely Ingredients.
