Spearmint

Ameen Foods Spearmint (Mentha spicata) is a classic herb loved for its clean, cooling flavor and gentle sweetness. Grown for centuries across Europe and Asia, it's a staple in kitchens and traditional herbal culture worldwide.

With a softer taste than peppermint, spearmint adds freshness to teas, cocktails, salads, sauces, and desserts. It's an easy way to lift both sweet and savory dishes with a bright, herbal note.

The dried leaf is rubbed into small green flakes that keep the sweet, gentle mint aroma of the fresh herb. Spearmint gets its sweeter note from carvone rather than menthol, so it reads as soft and sweet rather than icy. It is sold under several names, including garden mint, common mint, green mint and menta verde, and it is the mint most cooks have in mind when a recipe calls simply for mint.

Spearmint is also valued in traditional herbal teas for its refreshing, cooling character.

Fresh, versatile, and aromatic, Ameen Foods Spearmint belongs in every kitchen and pantry.

How to use it
Crumble a teaspoon into yoghurt sauces, cucumber salad, tabbouleh, lamb kofta mixes, lentil soup and fruit salads. For a hot infusion, steep a heaped teaspoon in a cup of freshly boiled water for five minutes, covered, then strain. Technique tip: rub the dried leaf between your fingers over the dish to release the oils, and add it near the end of cooking, since a long simmer flattens its bright aroma. Keep it sealed in an airtight jar away from light.

Botanical name: Mentha spicata
Also known as: Garden Mint, Common Mint, Green Mint, Lamb Mint, Menta Verde, Hierbabuena, ハッカ, نعناع فلفلي