{"id":1684550,"date":"2021-08-09T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1684550"},"modified":"2021-08-09T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:52:07","slug":"colored-square-on-toothpaste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/colored-square-on-toothpaste\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Colored Squares on Toothpaste Tubes?"},"content":{"rendered":"When it comes to our household goods, there's a lot<\/em> we don't know. Like, what are those bumps on the shell of our eggs<\/a>? Or maybe you've wondered what that white stuff on salmon<\/a> is. There's an explanation for every curious detail. no matter how small.\r\n\r\nWhat about the colorful blocks at the end of a tube of toothpaste? There's a reason those squares exist! And no, it doesn't have to do with ingredients.\r\n

What Do People Think the Colored Squares on Toothpaste Mean?<\/h2>\r\nThere's a lot of misinformation in the age of the internet. It takes mere seconds for someone to share an idea, which is how we end up with some of these odd product myths. It's almost impossible to believe that everything you see must<\/em> be the blatant truth.\r\n\r\nMany people believe the color blocks denote the kinds of ingredients in each tube of toothpaste. We also see this kind of thinking when it comes to colors on the bottom of potato chip bags<\/a>.\r\n\r\nIt's said that green marks mean only natural ingredients were used while blue means a mix of natural ingredients and medication. It's also said that red marks mean a combination of natural ingredients and chemical ingredients while black means only<\/em> chemical ingredients were used. This information isn't true at all!\r\n

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