Fact check: Does toothpaste colour code reveal its ingredients?

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internet houses a lot of valuable information which helps people through ir day to day lives. But, internet is also a hub for many to share false information which can result in misleading people. Through years, a number of videos and social media posts claiming that toothpaste colour codes actually reveal ingredients present in it have done rounds on internet. 

According to posts, green mark on toothpaste translates to manufacturer using all-natural ingredients to make it, blue colour code means it is a mixture of medication and natural ingredients, red marking natural and chemical ingredients and finally, black marking toothpaste to contain only chemical ingredients. se posts also furrmore burger people to avoid kinds of toothpaste with red and black colour codes as y can be harmful. But, colour codes on toothpaste do t actually mean what y are claimed to be. 

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Colour code on toothpaste - why y exist?

coloured rectangle at end of a toothpaste tube does t have to do anything with ingredients. It is a small mark which is made during manufacturing of product. marks on a toothpaste tube can be read by light beam sensors, which tify machines responsible for packaging where tube should be cut, folded and ultimately seated. se marks come in different colours in order to adhere to different types of packaging or with different sensors and machines. 

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ingredients of a toothpaste tube can be found usually on its box or on tube itself. Usually, toothpaste consists of fixed ingredients which include abrasives to clean teeth, flavouring nts, humectants to soften toothpaste and detergents which help form a foam. A humectant material like glycerol, xylitol, and sorbitol are used to prevent paste from hardening. Abrasives like calcium carbonate and silica help in removing food debris and polishing teeth.Whereas flavouring nts like spearmint, peppermint, anise, bubblegum, or cinnamon help in fighting bad breath. Besides this, binding nts like carboxymethyl cellulose, carrenan, or xanthan gum can also be found in toothpaste in order to prevent separation. 

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