 uh they're little capsules uh with a minty coating and you pop two or three in your mouth and uh you suck off the minty coating and then you swallow the capsules so the mint part takes care of uh your mouth feeling fresh and clean and then the capsules go to work in your gut because it's parsley seed inside and with uh bad breath sometimes uh starts in your gut with the foods you eat well zelman's takes care of that uh and the only mint that i know that does that that's zelman's