Is it true that the color of the strip on the tube of the toothpaste speaks of its composition?

On many resources, you can find a kind of life hack, telling about the meaning of a colored rectangle at the very end of a tube of a standard toothpaste. We checked whether this information is true.

According to numerous sources, if a black line is applied to the tube, this means that the product is 100% chemicals. Such a paste is forbidden to use children, and adults can only use it for bleaching.

Blue marking on tubes of toothpaste suggests that it has about 80% of synthetic and abrasive ingredients. With regular use, this leads to periodontal disease and other diseases of the oral cavity.

The indicator that the paste is 50% of the chemicals is a red strip. Such a product is not recommended for people with bleeding gums and sensitive enamel.

Finally, the perfect choice is a pasta with green marking. It has a natural composition and is recommended by dentists.

The permanent expert on the “First Channel” in the program of Elena Malysheva ”spoke about this pattern”Live great". You can also read about it on resources such as "Photostan", "Ozzovik", Setafi.com, "Belnovosta", "Zen", "VKontakte"as well as on various popular YouTube-channels. Information is actively distributed in Instagram.

Strictly speaking, there is some Theories about the importance of colored stripes on the tubes of toothpaste. In addition to the composition, they mention the term of continuous use, the percentage of abrasive particles, the level of consumer income, the frequency of use, and even the territorial purpose.

However, if we look at the sites of more or less serious organizations (for example, such as a medical site Healthline or one of the leading world manufacturers of toothpaste Colgate), it turns out that colored rectangles on tubes play a completely different role, namely, technical. They are present on tubes of not only toothpaste, but also other goods, and they have one goal: to show the place used in the conveyor production to the place where the tubular workpiece must be cut and soldered. It is important that this strip contrast well with the background, and the colors remain at the discretion of the manufacturer. Usually, dark marks are applied to light packages, and vice versa. The scheme of the work of such a conveyor can be seen Here, however, the video that captures this process will be more clear:

Despite the fact that experts have not been trying to convince the public about fake -up theories about the special importance of color on the tube, misinforming materials continue the victorious procession over the network. Some companies even devote business letters to this problem:

If we talk about the parameters that are really worth paying attention to by studying the packaging of toothpaste, then how They say Specialists, this is:

1) PPM - indicates the concentration of fluorine in the paste and normally should be 0.13–0.15%. Phthor is a building material for our bones, but there should not be too many. For example, for preschoolers, the norm of PPM toothpaste is 0.05;

2) RDA - determines the abrasiveness of the pasta (its ability to clean mechanically). RDA varies from 20 (for sensitive teeth) to 250 (for intensive bleach) units.

3) m (6m, 12m or 24m) - the number of months during which the product can be used after opening the packaging. The mark is usually placed in the figure of a jar with an open lid.

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