 this is not just a mint way beyond a mint it's a tiny little capsule that you swallow here's my package of zellman's minty mouth mints which i always carry with me and by the way i am naked i don't even go to uh where i got this from but they're always with me zellman's minty mouth mints you pop two or three in your mouth you suck on the minty coating and then you swallow the capsule