Today I went to my local supermarket and was presented with the following brands of toothpaste:
- Odol-med3 (Aquafresh): Haleon Group 🇬🇧
- Sensodyne: Haleon Group 🇬🇧
- Parodontax: Haleon Group 🇬🇧
- Signal: Unilever 🇬🇧
- elmex: Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
- Meridol: Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
- Colgate: Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
- Blend-a-med: Procter & Gamble 🇺🇸
- Blend-a-dent: Procter & Gamble 🇺🇸
- Crest: Procter & Gamble 🇺🇸
- Lacalut: Dr. Theiss Naturwaren Gruppe 🇩🇪
You have a big illusion of choice, but in the end most known brands that can also afford advertising are big international groups. I ended up getting Lacalut, the one “made in germany”, which cost double.
edit: apparently it’s not a great choice for many reasons, so i’ll be returning that product and try some of the other recommendations, thanks!
I use this one which is the eco-line store brand of the German drug store DM.
https://www.dm.de/alverde-naturkosmetik-zahnpasta-5in1-nanaminze-p4066447341508.html
A great alternative with less plastic are also these little dental cleaning tablets. They are basically dehydrated toothpaste. You just chew the tab and then brush your teeth as usual.
https://www.dm.de/dontodent-zahnputztabletten-p4066447502381.html
interesting, i’ll check those out too!
Im a product blind test in the Süddeutsche Zeitung the dentist gave the highest marks for the regular DM-brand tooth paste - it happens to also be the cheapest one