The Cool Freshness of Menthol

Menthol is the very essence of freshness. Whether in toothpaste, chewing gum, or candy, the minty taste of the world's most popular flavor ingredient can be found in many everyday products.

Due to its cooling effect Menthol is also used for cosmetic and personal care products such as shower gels or shaving creams. A dedicated pharma grade quality of L-menthol is also available from BASF.

With BASFs range of mint ingredients for the flavor and fragrance industry, we give our customers the freedom to choose the right ingredient for any creation. The mint portfolio consists of L-Menthol FCC, DL-Menthol FG, L-Menthyl acetate FCC, L-Menthone 70 FG and L-Isopulegol FG. BASF offers many forms of Menthol grades. 

As part of our citral value chain, Menthol production is highly efficient, sustainable, independent from crop yield and weather, and our state-of-the-art processing enables consistently high quality.

L-Menthol FCC benefits:

• Strong mint, fresh, cooling 
• Perfect olfactory fit with any other mint ingredient 
• Easy and safe to handle 
• Constant high quality  

DL-Menthol FG benefits:

• Fresh, mint, cooling, herbal 
• Good cooling effect 
• Easy and safe to handle 
• Constant high quality 
• Enriched laevo content

L-Menthyl acetate FCC benefits:

• Fresh, cooling, mint, fruity and herbal 
• Perfect olfactory fit with any other mint ingredient 
• Easy and safe to handle 
• Valuable tool for the reconstitution of mint oils 
• Constant high quality 

L-Menthone 70 FG benefits:

• Fresh, cooling, mint, sweet and herbal
• Perfect olfactory fit with any other mint ingredient
• Easy and safe to handle
• Valuable tool for the reconstitution of mint oils
• Constant high quality

L-Isopulegol FG benefits:

• Fresh, cooling, mint, medicinal, herbal
• Perfect olfactory fit with any other mint ingredient
• Easy and safe to handle
• Valuable tool for the reconstitution of mint oils
• Constant high quality
• Use as cooling agent
• Access to large volumes

BASF patented a unique production method. This technology ensures that L-Menthol and DL-Menthol are products of highest quality.