When Lindsay had all these realizations, she started researching her own organic non-paste toothpaste product which wouldn’t explode in her travel luggage like this:īy going to the USPTO in person Lindsay, was able to meet with an off-duty examiner who helped explain the patent process.
It has a bunch of questionable ingredients, it’s not sustainably made in any way, and sure, it cleans your teeth, but it’s not actually good for you. It will fill you up, and the FDA deems it safe, but just because it’s “safe” doesn’t mean you should eat it every single day.Ĭommercial toothpaste is the same.
#Bite toothpaste bits ingredients full
Lindsay says “commercial toothpaste is like fast food.” Fast food is cheap, chock full of weird preservatives and ingredients that may or may not be good for you but, yeah - it’s food. The thing is, those ingredients cost a little more, and you have to be okay with asking people to try something new (as in using either a powder or a tablet instead of a paste or gel.) Lindsay found that big toothpaste companies are getting away with using the cheapest and easiest (questionably) effective ingredients, even though there are safer and just as effective ingredients available. For example, Hydrated Silica is a commonly found chemical in toothpaste that even dentists agree is not always effective. There is a ton of research and reasons why these chemicals shouldn’t be in our bodies. If you look at the back of a toothpaste tube, stuff like propylene glycol, sodium lauryl sulfate, and diethanolamine are all controversial ingredients that lots of people avoid.
She also wanted to make it her mission to stop putting the tons of crap found in toothpaste into our bodies every day. She tried toothpaste powder and toothpaste tablets (from commercial brands and homemade products she found on Etsy), but both were still packaged in plastic that harms the environment.
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