 you pop two or three in your mouth and you suck on the minty coating and when that's done you swallow the capsule for fresh clean breath that lasts for hours this is far more than just a mint you can also bite into them and it just doesn't cover up it really cleans your breath in a way that no other mint does zelman's it works not only in your mouth then it goes down to your gut and really goes to work i mean this is on a level that you have not seen before