The Menthol Extracts Application in Technology, Cosmetics and Daily Life

Menthol and Technology

Researchers use menthol to simulate cold weather in VR

But besides that usage, what else? Here is the answer.

After 2006, the domestic menthol industry began to develop rapidly, with market supply growth rates above 100% for 10 consecutive years, but still unable to meet the domestic market demand. 2007 Chinese menthol imports were twice as large as the previous year, rising from 3,738 tons to 7,247 tons.

2009 domestic menthol market size reached 10 billion yuan. According to the General Administration of Customs of China, in 2015, China's menthol imports reached 11,200 tons.

Currently, there are almost no synthetic menthol enterprises with large domestic production and advanced technology, and all domestic synthetic menthol is imported from foreign companies.

Therefore, the domestic synthetic menthol industry has a huge market, at the same time, there is no large-scale natural mint planting base in China, so the research and development of synthetic menthol technology becomes more important.

It can be foreseen that within a few years, China's food additives demand for menthol will be in a phase of rapid growth, and this trend will not disappear in the short term, and will continue to increase, so the production of menthol and the market will have more room for development, and its prospects are promising.

The main role of peppermint extract in cosmetics and skin care products is skin conditioning agent, fragrance and flavor, antibacterial agent, odor inhibitor, risk factor of 1, relatively safe to use, for pregnant women generally have no effect, peppermint extract is not acne-causing.

Peppermint contains volatile oil, flavonoids, organic acids and amino acids and other components, not only can be used as a flavoring agent, but also has a certain inhibitory effect on fungi and viruses.