Mint-Flavored Consumable Botanical Merging for Aroma Variety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current substance delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes and smoking articles, often provide limited options for mint flavors, failing to deliver a broad spectrum of sensory experiences tailored to consumer preferences and regulatory requirements.
Innovation Solution
A mint-flavored composition is developed, combining botanicals from the Lamiaceae, Geraniaceae, Asteraceae, Myrtaceae, or Ericaceae families, excluding Mentha genus members, to provide a unique aroma in addition to mint, enhancing the user experience with a non-traditional mint flavor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional mint flavors (Mentha genus) are used in substance delivery systems, then the mint flavor is strong and recognizable, but the sensory experience is limited and lacks variety
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple botanical species from different genera (Mentha, Pelargonium, Eucalyptus, Salvia, Rosmarinus, Thymus, Origanum, Lavandula, Micromeria, Agastache, Monarda, Pycnanthemum, Clinopodium, Micromeria, Satureja, Hyssopus, Perilla, Perovskia, Vitex, Dracocephalum, Nepeta, Lamium, Glechoma, Stachys, Scutellaria, Salvia, Rosmarinus, Thymus, Origanum, Lavandula, Micromeria, Agastache, Monarda, Pycnanthemum, Clinopodium) within the Lamiaceae family to create a composite mint-flavored composition. This merging of diverse botanical sources provides both strong mint character and expanded sensory variety, resolving the contradiction between flavor strength and variety.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a composite material approach by formulating a composition that includes extracts or essential oils from multiple Lamiaceae family members. Each botanical contributes unique aromatic compounds (menthol, menthone, carvone, eucalyptol, thymol, carvacrol, linalool, camphor, 1,8-cineole), creating a composite aroma profile that is more complex and versatile than single-botanical formulations while maintaining characteristic mint flavor.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a broad spectrum of botanicals is used to enhance aroma variety, then the sensory experience is improved, but the formulation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by selecting botanicals that all belong to the Lamiaceae family, which shares common chemical characteristics (presence of menthol, carvone, thymol, carvacrol, linalool, camphor, 1,8-cineole). This multi-functional approach allows a single family classification to serve multiple purposes: ensuring mint flavor consistency, providing aromatic variety, and simplifying formulation by using extracts with compatible chemical profiles from diverse species.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple botanical species are combined to create unique mint flavors, then product variety is enhanced, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention utilizes parameter changes by varying the ratios and combinations of Lamiaceae extracts to create different mint flavor profiles. By adjusting the concentration parameters of individual botanical extracts (menthol content, carvone content, eucalyptol content, thymol content, carvacrol content, linalool content, camphor content, 1,8-cineole content), manufacturers can produce a range of mint products from strong traditional mint to softer, more nuanced variations, all using the same base formulation approach.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a consumable for use in a substance delivery system, the consumable comprising a mint-flavored composition. The present disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing the consumable, and a use of a botanical to provide a mint aroma.