BOTANICAL EXTRACT
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract
- botanical extract
Peppermint leaf extract, used for scent association and a cooling claim.
- products in our library
- 25
- of researched products
- 0.6%
- on the label, in our shampoos
- usually #12
- most common in
- Shampoo
- in water
- Water-soluble
At a glance
Four named levels, read from this ingredient’s chemical class, its charge, its solubility, or where it sits on the labels we have. More dots means more of the property named — never “better”.
How much of it is left on hair between washes.
What it takes to get it off the hair again.
Where it sits on the labels we have, in the category it appears in most.
A juice or water carries some; a dried extract carries little.
| Property | Level | Out of |
|---|---|---|
| Buildup risk | Low | 1 of 5 |
| Rinse-out behaviour | Rinses clean | 5 of 5 |
| Prominence | Secondary | 2 of 5 |
| Water-binding | Minimal | 1 of 5 |
What it does for a formula
What Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract does
The general function first, then how the role changes by product type where we have researched it.
What it contributes depends entirely on how much of it is in the bottle.
Most botanicals sit below the 1% line, where label order stops indicating amount.
Water alone removes it, so it does not accumulate between washes.
Charge
Charge is not recorded for this ingredient.
Solubility
Rinses out with water alone — it does not accumulate on hair between washes.
Where it appears
Where it appears
One row per product category in our library: how many products list it, what share of that category that is, and where it typically sits on the label.
| Product type | How common | Typical position on label ? |
|---|---|---|
Shampoo
7 products
|
secondary · #12 | |
Conditioner
6 products
|
secondary · #11 | |
Leave-in
5 products
|
secondary · #14 | |
Mask / treatment
3 products
|
secondary · #12 | |
Scalp treatment
2 products
|
secondary · #27 | |
Finisher: serum
1 product
|
secondary · #14 | |
Styler: volumizer
1 product
|
secondary · #18 |
| Product type | Products | Share of category | Median position | Earliest position | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shampoo | 7 | 1% | 12 | 6 | secondary |
| Conditioner | 6 | 1% | 11 | 5 | secondary |
| Leave-in | 5 | 1% | 14 | 7 | secondary |
| Mask / treatment | 3 | 1% | 12 | 9 | secondary |
| Scalp treatment | 2 | 1% | 27 | 9 | secondary |
| Finisher: serum | 1 | 1% | 14 | 14 | secondary |
| Styler: volumizer | 1 | 2% | 18 | 18 | secondary |
No product-type differences have been researched yet — the reading below is computed from where it sits on the labels in our library.
Position footprint
Every listing in our library, by position on the label.
| Positions | Zone | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Leading | 0 |
| 4-8 | Supporting | 5 |
| 9-15 | Secondary | 16 |
| 16-25 | Lower | 10 |
| 26+ | Trace | 1 |
How to read this
US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order.
So position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
Why it matters to shoppers
What this ingredient is evidence of, what it is not evidence of, and what our own method can and cannot tell you.
- plant-derived ingredients on the label
- a rinse-clean feel
- an exact safety score — we do not publish one, for any ingredient
- how a finished product performs by itself — that is the whole formula, not one line of it
- the exact percentage in a bottle — label position never converts into a number
- a secondary botanical extract, listed below the main ingredients in our shampoos
- it was on the label of every product we counted — we read printed ingredient lists, not marketing copy
- a meaningful amount of the plant
- a meaningful amount of the plant — most sit below the 1% line
- that a product is right or wrong for you
We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
Commonly paired with
Ingredients that appear alongside this one most often in our library. Near-universal ingredients are excluded — they pair with everything and tell you nothing.
- Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · 11
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine · 8
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil · 7
- Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · 7
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · 7
- Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract · 6
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract · 6
- Propylene Glycol · 6
- Caprylyl Glycol · 6
- Cetyl Alcohol · 6
The number beside a name is how many products in our library list both.
These ingredients tend to appear together to give the formula body and hold, clean and build foam, and give it a scent.
Found in these products
The most prominent placements first. The badge is the position on that product’s own ingredient list.
Jessicurl · Conditioner
Aloeba Daily Conditioner
#5 on the label · $2.49/oz
Acure · Shampoo
Vivacious Volume Shampoo
#6 on the label · $1.17/oz
OGX · Shampoo
Rosemary Mint Extra Strength Hair Shampoo
#6 on the label · $0.60/oz
CHI · Leave-in
Infra Keratin Mist
#7 on the label · $1.67/oz
OGX · Conditioner
Rosemary Mint Extra Strength Hair Conditioner
#7 on the label · $0.60/oz
CHI · Shampoo
Ionic Color Illuminate Shampoo
#9 on the label · $2.25/oz
Jessicurl · Mask / treatment
Deep Conditioning Treatment
#9 on the label · $2.48/oz
Odele · Scalp treatment
Rejuvenating Scalp Serum
#9 on the label · $6.50/oz
Acure · Conditioner
Vivacious Volume Conditioner
#10 on the label · $1.25/oz
Bumble and bumble · Leave-in
Tonic Lotion Tea Tree Oil Hair Primer
#10 on the label · $4.25/oz
CÉCRED · Scalp treatment
Restoring Hair & Edge Drops XL
#10 on the label · $28.99/oz
CHI · Shampoo
BioSilk Silk Therapy Shampoo
#10 on the label · $1.69/oz
See all 25 products in the library that list Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract
Identity
What this entry is, and what our references call it.
No public-domain structure depiction is available for this entry.
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract
- mentha piperita (peppermint) leaf extract
For your hair?
Whether Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract matters for your hair depends on your hair.
25 products in our library list itWhat this ingredient does, and where it sits on the labels we have researched.
A verdict on any product that contains it, and never a safety grade.
We do not physically test your hair. Everything above is read from the ingredient lists in our library and from published references — the consultation is what turns it into a plan.
References
Seed entry — sourcing in progress Written from our reference work; primary sourcing is still being attached.
No published source is attached to this entry yet.
How this page was made
- Every number above is counted from the ingredient lists in our own product library — 25 of 3889 researched products list this ingredient. Nothing on this page is written per ingredient.
- The dots are named levels read from an ingredient’s chemical class, charge, solubility, or where it sits on the labels we have — never a score.
- US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order. Position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
- The prominence bands (leading, supporting, secondary) are the same ones the product pages use to read a single label, applied here to the median position across a category.
- We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
- Identifiers and references appear only when a published source is attached to this entry; where none is, the row is simply absent rather than filled in.
- This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
- Entry last updated 2026-08-28. Product-page methodology: the product library.