The Top Line:

MAYBE buy. Mintly’s toothpaste, toothbrush and floss are very clean from an ingredient standpoint. However, we were not any more impressed with the products over other brands we’ve tried. Plus, cost-wise, Mintly is pretty much in line with the other brands, not making it any more enticing to buy. Lastly, we really like that there is an ingredient to re-mineralize teeth (fluoride) but we would slightly prefer nHap

The Breakdown:

• Cost & Products: There are so many options that can cheapen the cost (bundles or bigger packs), but here is what we got: $9.00 for 60 toothpaste tablets; $5.00 for a toothbrush; $5.00 for floss

• How ‘Clean’ Is This? Very clean - toothpaste has fluoride but there is a non-fluoride option; the floss is made of corn silk and candelilla wax; and the toothbrush is made of bamboo and then “earth-friendly” bristles.

• Packaging: Comes in compostable and/or recyclable paper as well as recyclable glass

• Purchasing & Shipping: Shopping on the website is straightforward given there are few ingredients. Shipping over $25 is free.

• What’s Your Impact? No more plastic toothbrushes, no more plastic tubes of toothpaste, no more plastic floss and floss packaging.

The Good:

✔ Very clean ingredients, all recognizable and rated 1

✔ Zero plastic packaging - all paper and glass

✔ Has fluoride and non-fluoride option

✔ Flavor is neutral

The Bad:

✗ Texture of the toothpaste and floss was questionable

✗ Price is not notable

The Experience

Context: We have wanted to try a zero waste toothpaste for so long! We also wanted to find a better bamboo brush and always up to try a new floss. We recently reviewed Bite, Chomp, and Huppy.

Toothpaste

• Smaller tablets than the others

• Subtle mint flavor

• Crushes up like powdery aspirin - not our favorite

• Made with fluoride instead of nHap (we prefer nHap)

Toothbrush

• Handle is soft and smooth

• Bristles are between a soft and medium

Floss

• A bit squeaky is how we’d describe it

• Mostly stays together, but shreds here and there

The Cost

The Mintly toothpaste tablets are good for one brush. We did a bit of homework, and with each brush, you use about 0.5grams of regular toothpaste, so 365 grams per year if you’re a twice-a-day brusher.

For toothbrushes, we assume you change your toothbrush every 3 months, as the ADA recommends.

We did the math for for 1 person per year in the below calculations.

Money Report: Wowie, the Mintly toothpaste is still on the pricey side. The floss and toothbrushes are in line.

Our Recommendation:

MAYBE buy. Mintly’s toothpaste, toothbrush and floss are very clean from an ingredient standpoint. However, we were not any more impressed with the products over other brands we’ve tried. Plus, cost-wise, Mintly is pretty much in line with the other brands, not making it any more enticing to buy. Lastly, we really like that there is an ingredient to re-mineralize teeth (fluoride) but we would slightly prefer nHap.

We're on a mission to reduce our personal carbon footprint with small, hopefully easy, changes in our home to fight against climate change. This means we're looking for products that may be all natural, ideally zero waste, reusable or compostable -- while still being affordable!