Description

Pure Mentha Piperita Oil — Steam Distilled | High Menthol 35–55% & Menthone 15–30% | Mentha x piperita L. | Food, Cosmetic, Pharmaceutical & Industrial Grade | Retail from 1kg | Bulk Drums Available

Pure Steam Distilled Mentha Piperita Oil | Mentha x piperita L. | High Menthol 35% to 55% | High Menthone 15% to 30% | High 1,8-Cineole | Cooling | Analgesic | Antimicrobial | Antispasmodic | Food Flavouring | Oral Care | Pharmaceutical | Cosmetic | Aromatherapy | Retail from 1kg | Bulk from 5kg to 200kg Drum | Manufacturer-Direct Pricing | Pan-India Delivery | Export Supply | Est. 2010 Meerut India

What is Mentha Piperita Oil?

Mentha Piperita Oil known universally in the Indian B2B market and in global trade as Peppermint Oil, known in Hindi as Pudina Ka Tel or Mentha Ka Tel. It is the single commercially important, widely produced, globally traded, industrially versatile, extensively consumed, and economically significant essential oil in the entire global B2B essential oil market not merely by volume but by the extraordinary breadth of its commercial applications spanning virtually every major manufacturing industry that uses essential oils — food and flavour manufacturing, pharmaceutical drug production, oral care, cosmetic and personal care, agriculture, and the rapidly growing wellness and aromatherapy sector. Steam distilled from the fresh or partially dried aerial parts (leaves and stems) of Mentha x piperita a highly productive, fast-growing, rhizome-propagated perennial herb belonging to the Lamiaceae family.

The history of peppermint as a distinctive botanical entity and as a significant commercial aromatic is considerably more recent than most major essential oils — the hybrid Mentha x piperita was first formally identified in the late 17th century in England — but the use of various mint species in food, medicine, and hygiene extends through virtually all of human recorded history. The ancient Egyptians used dried mint leaves as a food flavouring and placed them in tombs. The ancient Greeks and Romans used mint extensively — both Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia — 77 CE) and the Greek physician Dioscorides (De Materia Medica — 65 CE) documented the medicinal uses of mint species for digestion, breath freshening, skin conditions, and insect deterrence. In classical Ayurveda — Pudina (Mentha species) is classified as a primary Kapha and Vata-pacifying digestive and carminative herb — Deepana (digestive fire stimulating), Pachana (digestive), Shoolahara (anti-spasmodic — colic relief), Krimighna (antimicrobial), and Dahaprashamana (cooling — relief of burning sensation) — making Mentha Piperita Oil one of the most extensively used essential oils in the classical Ayurvedic and Unani therapeutic tradition. The commercial production of Mentha Piperita Oil by steam distillation was established in the 18th century in England and Germany — but the most commercially transformative development in the history of peppermint oil was the adoption of Indian Mentha arvensis oil (Cornmint oil — from which natural menthol is extracted by freezing and crystallisation) as the primary commercial menthol source beginning in the mid-20th century — establishing the Uttar Pradesh mentha belt as the world's most important menthol supply region and building the extraordinary technical and agricultural infrastructure that today makes India the global centre of the entire mentha essential oil industry and gives Liana Health Care in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh — literally in the heart of the world's most important mentha producing region — the most profound competitive sourcing advantage of any Mentha Piperita Oil supplier in the country.

Chemically, Mentha Piperita Oil is defined by the most precisely characterised and most commercially specified fatty acid and terpene profile of any commercially traded essential oil — with quality standards defined by multiple national and international pharmacopoeias (BP — British Pharmacopoeia, USP — United States Pharmacopoeia, IP — Indian Pharmacopoeia, European Pharmacopoeia EP) and FSSAI food safety regulations — making it one of the most strictly quality-controlled and most rigorously standardised essential oils in global commercial production. The composition is dominated by l-menthol (35% to 55%) — the most commercially important compound in the entire essential oil industry — a monocyclic monoterpenoid alcohol that is simultaneously the primary cooling sensation compound (activating TRPM8 cold receptor channels in the skin and mucous membranes creating the characteristic cooling sensation without actual temperature change), the primary analgesic compound (TRPA1 ion channel modulation and counter-irritant mechanism), the most commercially important food and oral care flavouring compound, and the primary pharmaceutical active in topical analgesic, nasal decongestant, antispasmodic, and cough suppressant pharmaceutical products. Supporting menthol — menthone (15% to 30%) — the primary ketone — provides the characteristic cooling herbal depth and contributes to analgesic and antispasmodic activity, isomenthone (2% to 10%) — similar character to menthone, 1,8-cineole — Eucalyptol (3% to 10%) — respiratory and antimicrobial activity, menthyl acetate (3% to 10%) — fruity floral ester contributing to the characteristic peppermint top note freshness, menthofuran (trace to 5%) — characteristic peppermint note, limonene (1% to 5%) — fresh citrus, pulegone (trace to 2%) — minty character but regulated in food and pharmaceutical applications, and beta-caryophyllene (trace to 3%) — anti-inflammatory sesquiterpene — together creating a chemical profile of extraordinary commercial importance and extraordinary regulatory complexity that demands GC-MS verified documentation for every commercial application from food grade to pharmaceutical injectable. Liana Health Care Pvt. Ltd. supplies pure steam distilled Mentha Piperita Oil — in food grade FSSAI, pharmaceutical grade BP/USP/IP, cosmetic grade, and industrial grade — from certified Uttar Pradesh and Punjab mentha cultivation — from retail 1kg packs to bulk 200kg industrial drums — from its GMP certified, AYUSH approved facility in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh — the capital of the global mentha industry — with pan-India delivery and international export since 2010.

 Aroma Profile

Top Note - Explosively fresh, intensely cooling,bright fruity-citrus freshness 
Middle Note - Warm minty herbal, complex herbal,  herbal analgesic
Base Note - Slightly camphoraceous, gently herbal, pleasant base

What Is Mentha Piperita Essential Oil Used For

1. FOOD AND FLAVOUR MANUFACTURING 

Confectionery and Candy Manufacturing

• Peppermint candy
• Mint chocolate
• Chewing gum flavour
• Mint chewing gum
• Bubble gum mint
• After-dinner mint 
• Pan masala flavour
• Mouth freshener

Beverage Manufacturing

• Peppermint tea flavouring
• Cold drink flavouring 
• Cocktail and mocktail
• Health drink flavouring 
• Liqueur flavouring