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Thread #137405 Message #3143229
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
27-Apr-11 - 05:12 AM
Thread Name: BS: Why does toothpaste taste so horrible?
Subject: RE: BS: Why does toothpaste taste so horrible?
I've been using an unflavoured toothpaste for at least 30 years. I wasn't keen on the horrible minty/menthol tastes around, so when I saw the generic looking 'Plain Toothpaste - No added flavour or colour. No sugar or artificial sweeteners' I bought it.
I couldn't see why a tooth-cleaning paste needed sugar or sweeteners! And I still can't - especially all the fancy toothpastes around, especially those aimed at children.
It must do a good job as dentists have never told me to get another paste.
A few years back it wasn't available for about 6 months due to problems with the supplier - so I tried salt for a while until I found a "healthy" lemon-flavoured paste but it was odd cleaning my teeth with lemon & having a lingering taste of lemon in my mouth. Lemon is normally used for flavouring water!