Organic Spearmint leaves (Mentha spicata)

Organic Spearmint leaves

This mint is also well-known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint or mackerel mint.

Ingredients: 100% Spearmint leaves (Mentha spicata) from organic farming.

Organic Certification: PT-BIO-03

The spearmint (Mentha spicata) is a specie of mint with a sweet smell which is found in health-food, toothpaste, elixir, hair, cosmetics, etc. It is also commonly used in medicine for its therapeutic properties claimed.

The spearmint contains a lot of vitamins, antioxidants and vital nutrients, the flavor is very similar to that of peppermint. However, it contains less menthol than peppermint, but is rich in limonene, di-hidrocarvona, and cineol, resulting in a taste that is sweeter than the peppermint.

Some people use peppermint to help relieve the symptoms of nausea, indigestion, gas, headache, dental pain, back and neck pain, digestive problems, relaxation of the muscles of the stomach, reducing the symptoms of nausea and other digestive problems.

In a report published in the journal Food Chemistry, indicates that the mint spicata, has "a very good content of total phenolics and flavonoids" and "the great anti-oxidative activity".

The nutritional value of 100 gram:

The power - to 44 kilocalories
Carbohydrate - 8,41-gram
Fat was 0.73 grams
The protein - 3,29 gram
The iron - 11,87 mg
Mn - 1,118 mg
Covers, 0,240 mg
Potassium - 458 mg
Riboflavin - 0,175 mg
Pyridoxine - 0,158 mg
Vitamin C to 13.3 mg
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) - 0,061 mg
Vitamin B6 - 0,041 mg
Folate (vitamin B9) - 3 g
Vitamin C and 4.6 mg

Water temperature: 100°

Infusion time: 3 to 5 minutes.

Dosage / Dose: 1 "Tablespoon" per Gallon (+- 5grs).

* Prices are indicative and may vary depending on your personal taste.

NOTE 1: for People with an allergy to mint and may experience a reaction to light, including skin rashes, throat irritation, headache, or shortness of breath.

NOTE 2: THE picture shown is just a suggestion for the presentation, and the type of cut, and the dimensions of the plant vary depending on the delivery or at the time of the year.