Avoid Weleda. It's based on biodynamic agriculture and antroposophic medicine which are unscientific and coming from a cult.
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Just be sure to use toothpaste actually containing sodium fluoride.
Its what our teeth need, its proven to be effective don't let anyone tell you to believe in non scientific facts.
Listen to this. For a couple of years I - unknowingly - used a toothpaste without flourids. Guess in which time period big issues with my teeth started.
i use stannous flouride which is better, but thier toothpaste is somewhat strange, a little more goopy. nAH out there is a hit or miss, no definitive research state which one has the best effect.
Iโm German and I never heard of any of the shown German brands.
This is how I learn that blend-a-med isn't German-owned (well, not anymore - since the late 80s). Huh.
Reminder that Unilever (British) is a horrible company like nestle (well I guess they don't have a documented campaign to kill babies or human traffick into chocolate plantation slavery like nestle) and should be avoided when possible.
Normally I would recommend Happy Tabs (a dutch company that makes very good toothpaste tablets with fluoride), but they had a major supply chain change and have shit the bed the entire 2025, stopped responding to bad reviews and support requests, deliveries not going out even though people paid, and even their store page went down
You could then look into Smyle. https://wesmyle.com/nl/collections/tandpasta-tabletten
Wow that website is a UX nightmare lol.
A bit more expensive, but if it helps shipments actually be delivered then that is a plus ๐ I guess I will go with them. Thanks for pointing me to them!
I don't understand what happened to Happy Tabs, they were going strong, good marketing, and had collaborations with KLM airlines and Dille en Kamille and now they have just disappeared off of the face of the earth with no notice.
I feel like like Swedish The Humble Co is missing from the list: https://www.thehumble.co/
That is too bad! Here in Europe, the toothpaste I have bought was made in Portugal. I mainly use their floss picks though (which I think are really good! For toothpaste, I personally prefer Jordan).
Where is ELMEX toothpaste? I thought is was made in eastern Europe but not sure
Big up for salutem! Have been using it for a few years now. It's very nice, doesn't foam, doesn't have anything unecessary, perfect for someone woth a super sensitive mouth like me. I get ulcers from normal toothpaste, like Elmex.
Pepsodent and Sensodyne are US though?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsodent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensodyne
Or does wikipedia need some editing?
It says in the body of the Wikipedia article that it's a UK company:
Sensodyne became a part of Haleon, a British multinational consumer healthcare corporation, in July 2022, following the establishment of Haleon as a separate entity through a corporate spin-off from GSK.
Pepsodent is owned by Unilever which is British. So I guess it is OK to buy it, especially if the only alternative is an American company, for example Colgate.
Whats with the wikipedia country being US on these then? I don't get it
It does explain it in the first sentences in Wikipedia
Pepsodent is an American brand of toothpaste with the minty flavor that is derived from sassafras. The brand was purchased by Unilever in 1942 and is still owned by the company outside of the United States and Canada. In 2003, Unilever sold the rights to the brand in the North American market to Church & Dwight.[1]
Pepsodent what founded in US and it might still have factories and offices there but Unilever bought it. I'm not sure where the Pepsodent tooth paste is manufactured but if you buy it you will likely support American jobs in some degree. But the profit that Pepsodent does will go back to Unilever.
Think of Jaguar, it is British but the current owners are Tata which is an Indian company.
Are there any toothpastes that contain nano hydroxyapatite? There is some interesting resesrch that suggests it could be even better than fluoride because it remineralizes enamel, but it's important that it contains at least 10% of nano hydroxyapatite.
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