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Colgate Total Original Toothpaste
Likely Free

Colgate Total Original Toothpaste

Colgate

£5.49

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Price as of 4 August 2026 at 06:39 UTC. Prices and availability change; the price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase is the one that applies.

Microplastic Status

We could not fully establish everything Colgate Total Original Toothpaste is made of, or its materials (stannous fluoride, hydrated silica, sorbitol, cellulose gum, xanthan gum) sit in a class where the published evidence is genuinely mixed. "Likely Free" is not a signal that the product does shed microplastics — it means we could not get far enough to say that it does not.

How we assess products

About This Product

Based on Colgate's current UK ingredient list for Total Original, the PVM/MA copolymer that once anchored the microplastic case against this toothpaste is gone — it was removed in the stannous fluoride reformulation, and the current list shows no synthetic polymer. Cellulose gum and xanthan gum are polysaccharide derivatives, not synthetic polymers. Disclosure is a published list rather than a full formulation, so we rate it likely free rather than verified free.

Materials

  • stannous fluoride
  • hydrated silica
  • sorbitol
  • cellulose gum
  • xanthan gum

Where to Buy in the UK

Amazon £5.49
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Amazon price as of 4 August 2026 at 06:39 UTC. Prices and availability change; the price shown on Amazon at the time of purchase is the one that applies.

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