Survival of the fittest - toothpastes used to come in a variety of flavors but when a market gets over saturated both vertically and laterally, only the beat sellers survive.
I found a spray-on household cleaner the other day that powerfully reminds me of the smell of dental nurse clinics at primary school. Apparently it’s citrus-mint scented. I always thought it was a bit like Jeyes fluid, but maybe not, especially as I’ve just read about it and its use as an outdoor disinfectant.
And wintergreen is methyl salicylate. If that’s the flavoring that they add, that’s what it is.
People are stupid when it comes to flavors. Color something wrong, and they think it’s something else.
I don’t like mint toothpaste in general, whether it’s wintergreen, peppermint, or spearmint. I also don’t like SLS in the toothpaste, that’s the ingredient that makes everything taste bad after brushing.
Combine those two, and there is scant little option out there that still includes fluoride. For some reason, SLS-free equals fluoride free, too. I found one brand that does no SLS with fluoride, and unfortunately there’s a little minty flavor in the form of menthol in that one. It’s tolerable, at least it’s not so strong it makes me cringe like Crest and the rest of the grocery store brands do.
Now I’m wondering whattoothbrush tree twigs taste of and whether any one has flavoured a toothpaste like it.
Crest Pro Health comes in cinnamon.
And this brand would be? Throw us a bone here.
I feel like the OP lives in some bizarro world where they only serve egg McMuffins after 11 am.
I can’t think of one commercially made toothpaste that tastes of wintergreen. Spearmint and Peppermint are the predominant flavors.
ETA: Tom’s has an SLS-free toothpaste that contains flouride, but it is peppermint flavored:
Went to the dentist the other day. Usually the hygienist will ask what flavor paste I would like on the brush/scrubber/tooth polisher.
She started to polish, and had not asked what ‘flavor’ I wanted. It’s usually mint, bubble gum or cherry or something. Whatever. I always go for mint.
She did not ask this time, perhaps they had run out of choices. And, it was strange. I had to ask what the heck the flavor was.
“Vanilla Mint, how weird is that”? was her answer. Very weird, I agree.
Oh! Sorry, brain fart.
Jason is the brand. Whole Foods might carry it in the stores. I bought it through Amazon. The flavor says Tea Tree and Cinnamon Oil, but I get more menthol than anything. It’s more of that cooling effect than actual overwhelming cringy minty. You have to be careful and read all the ingredients and the whole package. Jason makes another flavor that sounds promising and then there’s SLS in that one. (citrus something mint)
If you go fluoride free, your options open up. So I use the fluoridated SLS free paste when I go to bed, and use the non-fluoride SLS free stuff in the morning where it won’t wreck breakfast. Lush Toothy Tabs really scrub my teeth and gums, and Earthpaste has a lemon flavor I like and a cinnamon I haven’t tried yet.
Thanks.
Minty fresh breath sounds good. “Fennel Fresh”… eh, not so much
I am a total convert to the Crest Complete “Citrus Blast” toothpaste (I had to look that up, I just know it as “the orange one”). I like the flavor much better than mint-based ones, and it leaves way less of that “toothpaste flavor” when you eat/drink something after brushing. In fact, since orange juice is pretty much the WORST thing to drink after brushing, orange-flavored toothpaste is pretty genius.
My wife, on the other hand, hates it, and we have separate toothpastes as a result…so your mileage may vary.