You’re looking for a hydroxyapatite toothpaste that does not taste of mint. Mint burns, or you simply don’t want it. The results mix a milder mint, a mint-free paste that is not hydroxyapatite, and a tube that lists the mineral and leaves the mint oil out.
That is a taste and irritation preference. It is not a treatment, and it is not a reason to drop a fluoride toothpaste a dentist has already chosen.
What is this filter actually for?
Mint, here, means peppermint, spearmint or menthol on the ingredient list. If one of those is printed, the paste is still a mint, however mild the front sounds. Fennel, anise, clove, citrus and cinnamon are different oils. They can still sting. If the paste stings, stop.
NHS teeth-cleaning advice still centres a fluoride toothpaste at 1,350–1,500 ppm for adults. Brush twice a day, including last thing at night. Spit, and don’t rinse straight away. Avoiding mint is not a reason to give up fluoride. How the mineral sits beside that advice is on hydroxyapatite vs fluoride toothpaste.
After brushing, teeth can look a little smoother. That is a cosmetic change you might notice in the mirror. It is not a treatment for decay, and it does not rebuild a tooth.
Why is a milder mint a different tube?
Apagard’s split is strength, not the absence of mint. Sangi describes Apagard Soft as a soft mint for people who find strong flavours harsh. Premio XtraMint, sometimes titled Extra Mint, is a stronger mint on the same mineral. Both are still mint. The names are on Apagard Premio vs Royal vs M-Plus and how to buy Apagard on Amazon UK. Georganics describes spearmint as milder than peppermint. If the list says Mentha, it is not the fennel tube.
What does the Georganics fennel tube list?
The tube is Georganics’ fluoride-free fennel toothpaste with hydroxyapatite. The brand states that it is fennel-flavoured and mint-free, for people who find mint too strong or who choose to avoid it, and that the hydroxyapatite supports enamel remineralisation. That second line is the maker’s. We do not treat it as a result.
The list is calcium carbonate, glycerin, water, erythritol, hydroxyapatite, fennel seed oil, xanthan gum, glycolipids, anise fruit oil, clove bud oil, eugenol and limonene. No peppermint oil, menthol, spearmint, sodium fluoride or sodium lauryl sulfate, and no nano, micro or percentage. Do not add one. Size words on other cartons are in the nano vs micro guide and the label guide.
Fennel, anise and clove are still on that list. The brand calls the taste mild and says it does not rely on strong essential oils. If anise or clove is too sharp, this is the wrong tube. A picture on the same page mentions homeopathic treatment. That is the brand’s line. This site does not advise on homeopathy.
It is a 75 ml aluminium tube, listed at £4.90 when we checked. The bundle and the year pack were different prices. The brand states about eight weeks for one person, twice a day. Check on the day, using the price guide. Directions are a pea, two minutes, then spit out, which matches spit, don’t rinse. Keep it away from children. Strawberry is a different product, on the kids and pregnancy guide. The brand states that its toothpastes leave sodium lauryl sulfate out. Foam is the SLS-free guide.
Which nearby Georganics packs are the wrong box?
Fresh mint and activated charcoal each list hydroxyapatite, sodium fluoride at 1,350 ppm, peppermint oil and menthol. Both were £4.90 for 75 ml. The ppm sits in the NHS adult band. The mint oil means they are the wrong boxes. Reading both numbers is in fluoride and hydroxyapatite in one toothpaste. On the adult pages we checked, we did not find a Georganics hydroxyapatite tube that keeps 1,350 ppm and leaves the mint oil out.
Prebiotics and probiotics lists hydroxyapatite, peppermint oil and menthol, and no fluoride salt. That 75 ml tube was £7.90.
The orange jar is mint-free, with sweet orange peel oil. Its list names calcium carbonate, kaolin, coconut oil and that orange oil. It does not name hydroxyapatite. The 60 ml jar was £6.90. A mint-free jar is not this tube.
Is there another mint-free hydroxyapatite jar?
Truthpaste’s citrus jar is the other UK pack we checked that lists hydroxyapatite and no mint oil. The brand states 5%, written as 50,000 ppm, and describes the powder as micro, not nano. That ppm is the mineral figure, not a fluoride strength, and it does not sit beside 1,350–1,500 ppm.
The list is aloe leaf juice, glycerin, bentonite, calcium carbonate, hydroxyapatite, orange oil, lemon peel oil, vitamin E, limonene, eucalyptus leaf oil, clove bud oil, cinnamon bark oil, sunflower seed oil, eugenol, linalool and benzyl benzoate. No peppermint and no fennel oil. No fluoride salt. Clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus and citrus can still feel sharp. The page’s enamel language is the brand’s. We do not repeat it as a result. The jar is 100 ml, listed at £13.95, with a spatula. The brand states about three months for one person, twice a day.
A Truthpaste jar that only says fennel is a different formula. On the brand’s ingredients page, original fennel and charcoal orange and fennel do not list hydroxyapatite. The peppermint hydroxyapatite jar does, and it lists peppermint oil. That pair is in Truthpaste vs Biorepair.
How do you read the carton before you pay?
Hydroxyapatite, written out. Then the oils: Mentha, menthol, peppermint or spearmint means the mint is still there. Then a fluoride ppm, if you meant to keep one. The fennel tube does not print one. Do not give up a 1,350–1,500 ppm paste a dentist has already chosen, and do not borrow 1,350 or 5% from another pack. If it stings, stop.
When should you see a dentist?
See a dentist for pain, a hole you can see, swelling, gums that keep bleeding, a mouth sore that does not settle, or sensitivity that stays. Tell them which paste you are using. Hydroxyapatite for sensitive teeth is not a diagnosis.
This is general information, not personal dental advice.
Where to buy in the UK
Buy the fennel tube from Georganics and the citrus jar from Truthpaste. Boots, Amazon UK, Healf and Truthpaste are mapped on where to buy hydroxyapatite toothpaste in the UK. We have not checked an Amazon product code for either pack, so this page has no Amazon link. Read the flavour on the day.
What to read next
Names across the brands are on Biorepair vs Boka vs Apagard. More explainers are on the guides index. How the links work is on our disclosure.
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