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[โ€“] 38 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Avoid Weleda. It's based on biodynamic agriculture and antroposophic medicine which are unscientific and coming from a cult.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm a bit frustrated by biodynamic agriculture because while it's a total cult, I guess it's a predecessor of sort to integrated farming, which makes a lot of sense. They're not entirely wrong about the whole poisoning of the soil and all that. So while I don't want to support the cult, I would rather use products from biodynamic than from industrial agriculture.

    I do not have many kind things to say about antroposophic medicine. I guess it's potential for harm is limited in a toothpaste.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure that it's a predecessor to integrated farming. Biodynamic agriculture has some similar practices, some of it makes sense but most doesn't. It's about "harvesting cosmic forces", astrology and using preparations with stuff like urinary bladders from red deer, the small intestines of cattle, the skull of a domesticated animal or the mesentery of a cowโ€ฆ

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I wouldn't use their toothpaste but honestly you are completely fine using their hand creames, body washes and lotions...

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago

    You'll be fine using their toothpaste too. I don't think it has any fluor so it won't be as good as one that does but it won't harm you. But be aware who you are giving your money to.

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  • [โ€“] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Iโ€˜m German and I never heard of any of the shown German brands.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I know Licor del Polo, because it's very popular... in Spain.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is how I learn that blend-a-med isn't German-owned (well, not anymore - since the late 80s). Huh.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago

    Jordan is Norwegian?? I'm Norwegian and had no idea!

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    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

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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 ๐Ÿ˜‚ 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.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I feel like like Swedish The Humble Co is missing from the list: https://www.thehumble.co/

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  • [+] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)
  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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).

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 11 months ago

    Give us the old flavor of Parodontax back! Pitchfork emoji

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Where is ELMEX toothpaste? I thought is was made in eastern Europe but not sure

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago* (5 children)
  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Whats with the wikipedia country being US on these then? I don't get it

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 11 months ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago

    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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