ALTOIDS Curiously Strong Mints Peppermint — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates ALTOIDS Curiously Strong Mints Peppermint by ALTOIDS TREAT — score 43/90.

Compressed sugar tablets with enough real peppermint oil to make your sinuses file a complaint. Four ingredients and nothing artificial — but the first one is sugar, and the tin is built for grazing. Also, vegetarians: there's animal gelatin hiding in your breath mint.

Why this verdict

• Sugar is the first ingredient — each mint is essentially a compressed sugar pellet with peppermint oil
• Only four ingredients, all simple — candy done the old-fashioned way, no artificial flavors or colors
• Real oil of peppermint delivers the 'curiously strong' hit, exactly as advertised
• Gelatin binder means these aren't vegetarian, which the tin doesn't shout about
• Tiny per-mint dose (~2 kcal), but the pocket tin invites all-day grazing

Ingredients (4)

• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• gum arabic (safe) — Natural gum used to bind seasoning to the chip.
• Natural Flavor (Oil of Peppermint) (safe) — Real peppermint oil provides the flavor. A recognizable, single natural flavor source rather than a synthetic flavor stack.
• gelatin (moderate) — Animal-derived binder for the frosting; makes the product non-vegetarian.