PEPPERMINT OIL TASMANIANMentha piperita

Peppermint Oil, Mentha piperita, was one of the first essential oils produced in Tasmania in the late 1970’s, using the prized Black Mitcham cultivar, renowned for its rich, complex flavour and aroma.

With ideal growing conditions arising from Tasmania’s latitude - warm summer days, ample sunshine and cool nights - and the lack of endemic diseases the finest Peppermint Oil available is produced. Production today is still from the renowned “heritage” cultivar. These ideal growing conditions not only support the original genetics of the cultivar but also present more complexity in aroma and flavour comparable to that of the highest quality Willamette Oil, offering a special alternative for the perfumer’s and flavourist palette.

EOT’s Peppermint Oil Tasmania is 100% from the named source – not common in today’s market place.

PEPPERMINT OIL TASMANIAN DATA DETAILS

CAS NUMBER: 8006-90-4

FEMA NUMBER: 2848

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: A volatile oil distilled from the above ground parts of the plant Mentha piperita. (Fam. Laminaceae). The oil is neither rectified nor wholly or partly dementholised.

PRODUCTION: Tasmania, Australia

EXTRACTION: Steam distillation of partly wilted stems and leaves.

AROMA: The oil has a strong penetrating odour of peppermint, with a pungent taste followed by a sensation of coldness when air is drawn into the mouth.

SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS: Flavours, oral care, cosmetics

COMPOSITION: alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, cis- alpha terpinene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, cis-beta ocimene, trans-alpha terpinene, gamma terpinene, sabinene hydrate, menthone, menthofuran, iso- menthone, beta-bourbonene, linalool, menthyl acetate, neo-menthol, menthol, pulegone, iso-menthone, germacrene-D, pipeterone

STORAGE: Peppermint oil should be kept cool away from light, and stored in a full, sealed container. In these conditions it is stable for 3 years.

P.O. BOX 162, Kingston Tasmania 7051 AUSTRALIA T : + 61 3 6229 4222 F : + 61 3 6229 2957 E : info@EOTasmania.com.au W : EOTasmania.com.au

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