Hey all,

Trying to find a Canadian brand of toothpaste, or at the very least, a brand of toothpaste that isn’t American.

Crest, Colgate, Sensodyne, and Arm & Hammer are all American brands from what I can tell. I already found a Canadian brand called Green Beaver, but they’re one of those “natural” companies that for some reason thinks putting flouride in toothpaste is bad, and I really don’t want to give any money to a company that continues to deny science at this late date.

Thanks in advance!

  •  Kovukono   ( @Kovukono@pawb.social ) English
    28•7 days ago

    While it was originally an American brand, Sensodyne’s parent company got bought by a British company in 2000, then spun off into another British company through corporate restructuring in 2022. It’s not Canadian, but it’s at least not American-owned.

      •  Kovukono   ( @Kovukono@pawb.social ) English
        4•6 days ago

        All this info was gotten off their Wikipedia page:

        Sensodyne is a brand of toothpaste that was first sold by Block Drug, a Brooklyn, New York-based company established in 1907 by pharmacist Alexander Block.[1]

        In 2000, Block Drug was purchased by Smith Kline Beecham P.L.C.,[11] which became GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK).[12]

        Sensodyne became a part of Haleon, a British multinational consumer healthcare corporation, in July 2022, following the establishment of Haleon as a separate entity through a corporate spin-off from GSK.[14]