Mint

What the research shows

Not enough

published research on this page yet

A plant from the mint family.1

What research says

Animal and lab studies only

  • Benefit

    Vitamin C and iron2

    In lab studies, mint infusions increased iron availability, and vitamin C increased it further.

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Products

The 6 most-scanned of 3,203 products on Open Food Facts that list mint.

  • Protein Power Soup Garden Pea & Spinach BOL · 600 g 1 additive
  • Halloumi Mild & Salty Milbona · 225 g 0 additives
  • MEZZE HOUMOUS + RAINBOW VEG GRAIN BOWL POLLEN + GRACE · 275 1 additive
  • Colman mint sause Colman’s · 165 g 3 additives
  • Mint Intense Dark Chocolate Lindt Excellence · 100 g 1 additive
  • Persian-Style Quinona & Lentils merchant gourmet · 125 gram 0 additives

References

  1. 1Mentha. Wikipedia. Accessed September 29, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. 2Zaida F, Bureau F, Guyot S, et al. Iron availability and consumption of tea, vervain and mint during weaning in Morocco. Ann Nutr Metab. 2006;50(3):237-41. doi:10.1159/000091680