International Toothpaste Museum

This is the International Toothpaste Museum's very first head-to-head toothpaste review! At Thanksgiving, I traveled to Dallas, Texas to visit my daughter and son-in-law. It's always great to see them. A mandatory stop during any visit to Dallas is H.E.B. Central Market . It's like Whole Foods and Trader Joe's blended together to make an even better supermarket. The outlet that's near my daughter and son-in-law's place is huge. They supply fresh fruit and veggies of all sorts, an in-house gourmet bakery, and a massive selection of delicious everythings. H.E.B. has a house brand called Field & Future  - "...products [that] are clean & green, inside and out, which helps reduce our impact on natural resources." Naturally, I had to purchase their toothpaste. Whole Foods' 365 brand is its value-oriented product line. My loving wife gave me a tube for Christmas. They are both recommended. Similarities: Excellent value for the money Healthy formu...

The International Toothpaste Museum has been around since April 2008. It has been 17 years since the first toothpaste review! Technology has come a long way since then. Google Lens is a very useful tool that rolled out about ten years ago. It has recently become very easy to use via the simple Google app on my iPhone. Nonio comes from Japan. I have yet to learn how to read Japanese, so I was delighted to see the translation of words on the toothpaste package via Lens: Born from bad breath science Prevents bad breath by sterilizing causitive bacteria Stain off Below are the wrapper graphics. I love that they reflect the many cultural differences between my world and the Japanese world. Lens provided the translations on the right side. Visiting their website yielded much deeper insight into the Nonio brand. Lion is apparently pitching to a Japanese GenZ audience, focusing on health and wellness - and personal relationships! Born from the science of bad breath, NONIO doesn't just ...

Colgate is a worldwide brand. They sell certain toothpastes in some countries and not others because tastes vary around the world. Natural Extracts are sold in many parts of the world but not in the USA. When I did a Google search, the top organic search result for "Natural Extracts" was for a not-quite-in-the-ballpark page  on Saudi Arabia's Colgate website. Adding "Açaí" to the search phrase did yield a relevant page . My lovely daughter-in-law made a business trip to El Salvador and came back with a wonderful gift of Açaí Natural Extracts toothpaste. She gave it to me as a Christmas present. I have taken a long time to write this review, because describing the flavor is almost beyond my abilities. Açaí and Red fruits and berries  (translated from Spanish) is an interesting choice for a toothpaste flavor. One would think of a natural yogurt or ice cream - but not a mouth-cleansing product. The flavor perfectly balances both sweet and refreshing. After brushing...