Plus, conventional toothpaste often contains ingredients that might not actually be good for us, such as sodium lauryl sulfate, a known skin-irritant. Zero plastic packaging from Bite, one of my favorite toothpaste tablet brands in this review! That’s the main reason to switch to toothpaste tablets. Toothpaste tubes are usually not recyclable, and after so much innovation from these small companies, they’re not even necessary anymore. I’ve heard them called “toothpaste pills” before, but they’re not pills! Just like normal toothpaste, you don’t swallow these tablets. As I discovered using all the brands in this review, different formulas create different levels of foaminess, making them more or less similar to regular toothpaste. You just chew up a tablet to make it start foaming, and brush with a wet toothbrush. Like any dehydrated product, toothpaste tablets have all the active ingredients and none of the water or fillers. Speaking of giving, check out my very first gift guide, with my favorite, most gift-worthy ideas from small, sustainable companies! What are toothpaste tablets? I’d much rather give my money to them, and I want to help you do the same. No, but it might have contributed to making me a cautious shopper who hates being tricked into buying cheap junk from sleezy companies – especially when there really are good companies out there, making quality products without trashing the environment. Did that make a me capitalist over-consumer who lives to shop? It’s probably also because I grew up in a household with a subscription to Consumer Reports magazine. That’s why I reviewed these in detail, so you can choose what’s right for you! And they were all so different! The taste, texture, foaminess, and ingredients varies so much between brands, you could hate one and love the next.When I recommend something, I want to know there isn’t a better version out there.Why didn’t I just stop with one? Two reasons: (Along with a few kinds of refillable floss and mouthwash tablets, which are also in this review.) I’ve already mentioned my favorite brand of plastic-free toothpaste tablets in my master list of sustainable travel toiletries, but I liked the concept so much that I got a little obsessed: I kept finding more brands with good sustainability credentials, and before I knew it, I was trying every toothpaste tablet I could get my hands on. This post contains affiliate links see my privacy policy for details. Here, I’ve reviewed the top plastic-free, sustainable brands in detail: Bite Toothpaste Bits, Crush & Brush (from Nelson Naturals), byHumankind, UnPaste (AKA DentTabs), Mouthful, and Georganics.

Toothpaste tablets are a fairly new, very travel-friendly and eco-friendly alternative to standard, non-recyclable tubes of toothpaste.

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