# Do They Still Make Macleans Toothpaste?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635 "2004-04-18T04:43:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Marsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marsie)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/1 "2004-04-18T04:43:06Z")

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My favorite toothpaste of all time was a brand called Macleans. It was so strong and minty that it made my eyes water. Do they still make it? If so, where can I buy it? I bought about 10 tubes when we went to Canada a few years ago, but haven’t been able to find it anywhere since. My breath has been rotten ever since. (Just kidding…hmmm…I hope I’m kidding…)

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**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/2 "2004-04-18T05:41:46Z")

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I remember that toothpaste.

Funny, I don’t think I’ve seen it in the last several years.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/3 "2004-04-18T05:46:11Z")

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They seem to sell it in the UK

[http://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk/product.asp?id=MATF125](http://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk/product.asp?id=MATF125)

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/4 "2004-04-18T06:04:10Z")

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Did it once have a picture of a butterfly on the tube? Around 20-25 years ago?

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**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/5 "2004-04-18T08:12:09Z")

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A variety of Mclean’s toothpaste is still on the supermarket shelves in Australasia.

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**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/6 "2004-04-18T11:34:50Z")

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Just to confirm that it is still widely marketed here in the UK.

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**Author:** ![Marsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Marsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marsie)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/7 "2004-04-19T01:00:42Z")

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> [@BobT](#):
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> They seem to sell it in the UK
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> [Pharmacy2U | Free NHS Prescription Delivery & Online Pharmacy](http://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk/product.asp?id=MATF125)

Dear Bob T:

Here’s a great big smooch for you! I am going to order 20 tubes!!!

Thank you so much!

My life is complete…

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**Author:** ![urban\_gleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c0e974/32.png) [@urban\_gleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban_gleaner)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/8 "2015-12-09T06:19:38Z")

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> [@Marsie](#):
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> My favorite toothpaste of all time was a brand called Macleans. It was so strong and minty that it made my eyes water. Do they still make it? If so, where can I buy it? I bought about 10 tubes when we went to Canada a few years ago, but haven’t been able to find it anywhere since. My breath has been rotten ever since. (Just kidding…hmmm…I hope I’m kidding…)

I’m from Canada and loved Macleans toothpaste in the 1960s, but haven’t seen it in Canada since. It’s available in New Zealand, though, per \<[Contact - Haleon](http://macleans.co.nz/&gt); . You can buy it online and have it shipped worldwide from \<[http://www.fishpond.co.nz/c/Health/q/Macleans+Toothpaste&gt](http://www.fishpond.co.nz/c/Health/q/Macleans+Toothpaste&gt); or to just Canada and the U.S. from \<[http://www.abitofhome.ca/macleans-fresh-mint-toothpaste-125ml.html&gt](http://www.abitofhome.ca/macleans-fresh-mint-toothpaste-125ml.html&gt);

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**Author:** ![duncs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@duncs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duncs)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/9 "2015-12-09T10:42:41Z")

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I Started to use Macleans toothpaste when I worked for SmithKline Beecham in the UK, I got an employee discount (although it’s cheaper in the [supermarket](http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=260648400)now). It’s widely available in the UK, every supermarket stocks it. It’s available on [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=macleans+toothpaste)  
In fact I was working there when this was first posted

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**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-macleans-toothpaste/240635/10 "2015-12-09T11:01:39Z")

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> [@duncs](#):
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> I Started to use Macleans toothpaste when I worked for SmithKline Beecham in the UK, I got an employee discount

And so there’s the answer… the decision is made by Smithkline… they don’t sell Maccleans to the USA apparently,  
SKB is now GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, and sells Aquafresh and Sensodyne to USA.  
eg in Australia there is no Aquafresh but there is certainly Macleans and Sensodyne.

BTW Macleans was invented in New Zealand.