You might have heard in the past that the coloured markings – usually squares or rectangles – on toothpaste tubes denote what's inside. The internet is awash with falsehoods. One of them is that the ...

A movement is emerging online to shun store-bought toothpaste over a conspiracy theory that small colored markings on the end of tubes signify whether the product was made with natural or chemical ...

Toothpaste tubes typically have color-coded bars, which some people believe point to their ingredients, such as green indicating all-natural toothpaste. However, this is entirely false, with the bars ...

Have you ever noticed that at the bottom of most toothpastes there are some coloured stripes. Ever wondered what these coloured stripes indicate? Read on to find the truth about what these coloured ...

If you don't know what we're talking about, go to your bathroom drawer now, turn your toothpaste over and look at the marking on the rigid part at the bottom of the tube. You'll likely see one of four ...

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