Information Is BeautifulLove this toothpaste label - let's roll it out across all products
JJ Blue@infobeautiful perfect example of a responsible product.
thenatsky@jjBlue @infobeautiful should be made into an international labeling standard imho
Norbiš·š“āāļøš»@jjBlue @infobeautiful Except for the palm oil. But the label is surprising and really worth to use on other products.
Kayla āIacovino with an iā
Allan Chow@infobeautiful good thing "babies" isn't anywhere in that middle column
gavinho@infobeautiful don't be coy, what good old british brand is it & where can i get some?
SiobhĆ”n Greaney (Shivers)@gavinho @infobeautiful I was also curious, I think itās Kingfisher, who I hadnāt herd of before, hereās who stocks it: https://www.kingfishertoothpaste.co.uk/wheretobuy.html#stockists
@shivers @infobeautiful thanks for that, holland & barrett, shame the aloe vera & tea tree doesn't have the fluoride option, might even try the strawberry
Shaun McDonald@shivers @gavinho @infobeautiful yes it's Kingfisher. We have those toothpastes and like that labelling. Can buy 10 tubes through their website and get free shipping. (Other retailers are available).
DawiLDanger@infobeautiful wow, that's impressive. In Germany it's more like "giant list of chemicals you have never heard of and even google has trouble to find"
Steffen Christensen@infobeautiful This is fantastic!
Brian DearI want similarly detailed āEmissions Factsā labels on anything (car, truck, lawnmower, leafblower, generator, motorcycle, etc) that burns fossil fuels. Shouldāve become law 50 years ago.
bit101Ingredient: Butylated Hydroxytoluene
Where it comes from: The depths of hell
What it does: an antioxidant additive in jet fuels, electrical transformer oil, and breakfast cereal
Ken S@infobeautiful Good Labelling is good advertising, and garners trust.
Business is the act of offering quality products and trust at a reasonable price.
#PublicRelations #Marketing #Advertising #Business
meduz'@infobeautiful Love it. In which country is it?
Garrett Wollman@infobeautiful I see some taxonomy issues in that label...
JoanP@infobeautiful Blimey! Who knew.
Rick@infobeautiful @Kayla That's really cool! And smart of them, makes the big scary chemicals all-natural.
@JetForMe @infobeautiful Yeah! Plus bonus Latin and Greek lesson!
ingemar@infobeautiful @hejsna That's the best label I've seen of its kind! Very impressive.
MichikaI would have marked Fennel as "Death Taste" but otherwise an awesome implementation.
Eppy NWS@infobeautiful Also: Limonene is just fun to say.
Astra
Von Xylofon@infobeautiful This is amazing.
Lindsey š²@infobeautiful
Recently found out the toothpaste I was using wasn't just not gluten free, but they literally would not say what other materials might contaminate the toothpaste. There definitely needs to be more regulation on informing customers about what's in them.
@josh
Recently found out the toothpaste I was using wasn't just not gluten free, but they literally would not say what other materials might contaminate the toothpaste. There definitely needs to be more regulation on informing customers about what's in them.
@josh
Benjamin Reed@infobeautiful @donaldball tag urself, Iām āmoistenerā
Beeks@infobeautiful suckers, now I can make homemade toothpaste!
Chris Ferdinandi@infobeautiful What brand is this?
Joan Albright@infobeautiful Fennel. I was wondering why my toothpaste tasted so gross lately, I'll bet this has been added to mine as well.
RowinSpeez@infobeautiful Aqua, the moistener.
Zeborah@infobeautiful This is awesome, though I'm pretty curious how sodium monofluorophosphate comes from calcium fluoride.
Cassandrich@zeborah @infobeautiful And why. My guess would be it's a less effective alternative to fluorides so they can pander to antivax asshats saying "fluoride free" while still kinda protecting your teeth...
clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy šøšŖšš°šš@dalias @zeborah @infobeautiful "Compared to straight fluorides, sodium monofluorophosphate has slightly less aftertaste."
Dan Riley@dalias @zeborah @infobeautiful Calcium fluoride has very poor solubility compared to the sodium fluorides. Sodium MFP is one of the three standard sodium fluorides approved in the US for cavity fighting, especially commonly used in toothpastes with baking soda.
@dan131riley @zeborah @infobeautiful Well of course you don't put it in toothpaste bound up with calcium. CaF is just the mineral source they're citing. NaF or something would be the alternative to the MFP.
Gatekeeper..@infobeautiful
Never use Fluoride , It's highly toxic..
Never use Fluoride , It's highly toxic..
Noodlemaz@GatekeepKen @infobeautiful [edit: reply to now unavailable conspiracy/misinfo toot] it literally is not, in the forms in which you encounter it in water and toothpaste. It prevents tooth decay, and tooth decay causes heart disease. And you know, losing teeth.
You've been had by online nonsense.
You've been had by online nonsense.
@noodlemaz @infobeautiful
Look noodle brain. Do some fucking homework. Read the warning on the back of fucking toothpaste. Why do you think companines are advertising No Flouride. Wake the hell up jr.
Look noodle brain. Do some fucking homework. Read the warning on the back of fucking toothpaste. Why do you think companines are advertising No Flouride. Wake the hell up jr.
Nike Leonhard@GatekeepKen
Blocked for insulting speech and spreading disinformation.
Clinton Anderson SwordForHire@GatekeepKen @noodlemaz @infobeautiful
Not a single large, accredited, respected scientific and or medical institution the world over involved in dental or general health care recommends against using fluoride to help maintain healthy teeth.
Your claims are the worst of paranoid conspiracy hallucinations.
Don't be a dupe, Ken.
@GatekeepKen @infobeautiful False
At the levels in toothpaste, fluoride is proven safe, and effective.
Mark M. Evans@GatekeepKen
Virtually everything is bad for you at a high enough dose, including water. I donāt know why youāve fallen down the fluoride rabbit hole, perhaps an overdose of patriotism?
Dr. Strangelove Mandrake and General Ripper Bodily Fluids
You clearly follow Trump...fuck off moron.
Josh@infobeautiful Okay, but what is "Aqua"? It comes from "Purified Water"? I can't think of anything that comes from Purified Water except Water. That's what makes it Purified.
Sashin@infobeautiful What is aqua and how is it derived from water?
Just Ally@infobeautiful I love this and think it has lots of potential in the current battle to increase science literacy.
Kenneth@infobeautiful KY-Jelly wouldnāt have anything in the Fresh Taste column.
Corporeal Weave š³ļøāā§ļø@infobeautiful what brand is this?
Polenta Bianca@infobeautiful love it that water is "aqua" because... Latin?
Irina@infobeautiful Ooh which toothpaste is that? It doesn't seem to contain any sweetener, which my formerly-favourite toothpaste now does (framed as "improved taste")
@infobeautiful For anyone curious I found the company that makes it: https://www.kingfishertoothpaste.co.uk/
Andrew@infobeautiful Yeah, the problem with doing this on most toothpaste brands is that they'd have to have a line that says something like "plastic/refined crude oil/tricks idiots into thinking the toothpaste is magic". Whole industry is based entirely around persuading people that *your* tube of abrasive and fluoride is meaningfully better than someone else's tube of abrasive and fluoride, you can't go around explaining what you're doing.
Adam Trickett 
@infobeautiful Though I though "Where it comes from" for Aqua was a bit unhelpful?
I guess aqua comes out of the public water supply in whatever location the factory is based....!
Joana de Castro Arnaud@infobeautiful This! I was curious for ages about these and other bizarre-named ingredients.
The only inconvenient is the rather small font (can't be helped); a QR code, pointing to a page with the complete information, would be useful.
Aviva Gary@infobeautiful I just learned a lot about tooth paste...
Also can we discuss the Aqua part of the label? WTF š¤ š š
Clygro number 2 or 3@infobeautiful wrong, aqua comes from Mac OS X!!11!11!!!
mirabilos@Clygro @infobeautiful the Romans called and want a word with you over that