I heard there was an animal-derived ingredient in toothpaste. Is this true? What is this ingredient and what brands don’t contain it (if this is true?)
Toothpaste?
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#1 by Janiiie - November 26th, 2009 at 10:42
this wont be true! toothpaste should be made for vegitarians as well as meat eaters
#2 by Dom - November 26th, 2009 at 11:07
yep, some toothpastes have animal ingredients. I forgot what the ingredient(s) were though. I do know, that Tom’s of Maine, JASON, and nature’s gate toothpastes are all vegan.
#3 by juniejuly - November 26th, 2009 at 11:13
You are not suppose to eat toothpaste. I don’t think it has animal products in it. If you are afraid use baking soda as toothpaste.
#4 by Chels - November 26th, 2009 at 11:55
Ya, toothpaste does have animal-derived ingredient in it. it is called Sensodyne. It uses animal (beef).
But there is a great website that lists vegan toothpastes!
http://www.vegetarian-restaurants.net/Vegetarian-Newsletter/Colgate-Vegetarian.htm
#5 by Hope N - November 26th, 2009 at 12:43
Yup, it’s the glycerine. And what is difficult is that glycerine can come from animal or plant sources, so just looking at the ingredients doesn’t tell you what you need to know. There are a bunch of Colgate products that are animal product free, I believe.
#6 by Lalala l - November 26th, 2009 at 13:21
I CAN HELP! I have a vegan cookbook that tell you how to make easy vegan toothpaste. I use it myself.
Here are some-CINNAMON TOOTHPASTE
1tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 drop tea tree oil(OPTIONAL!!!)
“In a cup or small bowl, mix together the soda,cinnamon and tea oil.Place wet toothbrush in cup the brush.”
-How it all vegan. (Its a cookbook I brought a few days ago.)
#7 by judy “ORIGINAL” - November 26th, 2009 at 13:21
I never heard of that.
#8 by Clark Kent - November 26th, 2009 at 13:44
A safe choice of toothpaste does not have animal-derived ingredients. Instead it contains natural ingredients from plants. Like Maximum Teeth Whitening – a whitening and antibacterial toothpaste.