Colgate toothpaste 100ml. Two tubes for £1

tobiascurious

This is in Poundland.

The packet is mostly in Russian script and it appears to have been made in China


Can I trust Colgate to be Colgate? Or does it differ depending on where it was manufactured?

What about the recent counterfeit Colgate story, at Boots and Sainsburys? How can I be sure that the Poundland stuff isn't counterfeit?

zenseeker

tobiascurious wrote: »

Can I trust Colgate to be Colgate? Or does it differ depending on where it was manufactured?

It is certainly a genuine Colgate product, but the ingredients are different in Russia and the quality is not so good.

Some people will probably jump in and start blabbing about anti-freeze, ignore them, this was a short lived media frenzy from a few weeks ago, but it turned out to be a very isolated problem and all the suspected contaminated products were recalled (and there is scant evidence that there was any danger anyway).

tobiascurious

Thanks zen
Are you speaking as a customer who's tried it or do you have inside knowledge?!

zenseeker

tobiascurious wrote: »

Thanks zen
Are you speaking as a customer who's tried it or do you have inside knowledge?!

I've tried it myself, and after finding it a bit different I just did a little bit of online research.

There is nothing wrong with it as such, it does it's job, but it's just not quite as good as the Colgate made for the UK market, but for £1 you may as well give it a go and see what you think...it won't kill you

auguste1

Home Bargains are flogging it for 49p and from the script it would appear to be destined for the Greek market. Ingredients identical to British version according to the two tubes.

tiff

I've been buying this from the 99p store for a while. Worth buying several tubes at a time as I dont go there that often. They always have Colgate toothbrushes too.