Charcoal Toothpaste - Just About The Worst Thing I’ve Seen All Week
By Andrew Liszewski
While the packaging might make it look slightly appealing sitting on a store shelf, I wouldn’t touch this Korean-made black toothpaste with a 10-foot toothbrush. The magic ingredient that makes it black is of course charcoal, or should I say ‘charcle’ based on the packaging? Either way, if it’s good enough to filter the impurities out of water in a Brita filter, it must be great in a toothpaste right? Not so much according to DesignNotes:
This morning I tried it for the first time, the experience ended up being less pleasant then I first thought it would be. I was fine seeing the black stuff on my brush, it wasn’t until it went into my mouth when my stomach started to turn. Near the end I barely could brush my tongue and when I spit it out to rinse I felt a bit queezy. In the end though my mouth did feel clean, but I’m not sure if the weirdness that I felt would be something I’d want to do again.
Given the choice I’ll stick with Colgate, Crest or just living with cavities thank-you.
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This is not as daft as it seems. my grandfather ended up living in an ex WW1 tent on the beach at south shields around 1920 with his 12 year old brother and 8 year old sister for years with nothing but an old flea ridden rug to rap them selves in to keep of the frost. If they couldn’t get salt to clean their teeth they’d use soot. he still had most of his teath when he pegged it in his late 80’s !!
Posted 4:45 pm on November 1st, 2007Oh I don’t deny that it works as advertised. The reviewer even admitted their mouth felt clean afterwards. I’m just saying I would have to be in a very dire situation before I would even consider using something like this.
Posted 4:52 pm on November 1st, 2007ps’ no tooth brush, just a finger………….
Posted 4:57 pm on November 1st, 2007I really think that DesignNotes review is a bit over the top, sounds like it’s the kind of person who probably wouldn’t try ‘weird’ Korean food in the first place, so I think I’ll wait until someone else has a go, or if I see it in a shop here.
If it was really that bad, I don’t think the person would have finished!
Posted 8:38 pm on November 1st, 2007Just needs orange stripes, and there’s your halloween hot seller!
I’d try it. But as a vegetarian, I’d first like to know what kind of charcoal they use. With my luck, it’s probably bone char made from slaughterhouse by-products. Would make sense, because it may give better cleaning properties when compared with plant coal, due to its porosity and calcium content.
Posted 9:20 am on November 2nd, 2007I bet if the reviewer had just finished a good serving of authentic Korean kimchee, he might appreciate the toothpaste more. What a weeny! Besides, he can’t even spell “queasy” correctly.
Posted 7:34 pm on November 3rd, 2007