Sensitive Toothpaste
Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

- Brand
- Colgate
- EAN-13
- 8718951634220
- Sales countries
- United Kingdom
- Record created on
- 16 May 2025
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Fiche 8718951634220. Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products, retrieved 23 October 2026.
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Points to note
None of the names read is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics; the transcribed list may be incomplete.
Who it concerns
For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.
Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.
Babies and children
- Worth watching Sodium MonofluorophosphateAnnex III, entry 27, sets a condition for children: “For any toothpaste with compounds containing fluorine in a concentration of 0.1 to 0.15% calculated as F unless it is already labelled as contra-indicated for children (e.g.”
Skin, eyes and allergies
- Worth watching Aroma“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
- Worth watching Benzyl AlcoholClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 45, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
- Worth watching LimoneneClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 88, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
Environment
- Worth watching LimoneneClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).
Read on the label
- For information Sodium MonofluorophosphateAnnex III, entry 27, requires this to be printed on the pack: “Contains sodium monofluorophosphate For any toothpaste with compounds containing fluorine in a concentration of 0.1 to 0.15% calculated as F unless it is already labelled as contra-indicated for children (e.g. "for adult use only") the following labelling is obligatory: "Children of 6 years and younger: use a pea-sized amount for supervised brushing to minimise swallowing. In case of intake of fluoride from other sources consult a dentist or doctor."”.
No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: pregnancy and breastfeeding.
For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.
Upcoming decisions and differences elsewhere
- LIMONENE : different rule in another country (South Korea).
Recorded composition
Ingredient list automatically transcribed by CompoAtlas from the photo by Open Beauty Facts contributors (two automatic readings, keeping only names given by both; it may therefore be incomplete): compare with the packaging. Added to CompoAtlas on 25 October 2026.
Packaging photo dated (Automatic transcriptions of Open Beauty Facts ingredient-list photos (two AI readings, checked by text recognition)).
List photo added to Open Beauty Facts on 16 May 2025.
When the list changes, the old one remains available below with its date. The same barcode may cover several successive formulas.
List recorded on 16 May 2025, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: BENZYL ALCOHOL (Annex III, entry 45): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; LIMONENE (Annex III, entry 88): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

16 recognised ingredients out of 16.
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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.
| Rank | On the label | Glossary name | Matching | European Union rule | Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calcium Carbonate | CALCIUM CARBONATE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV) | none |
| 2 | Aqua | AQUA | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 3 | Sorbitol | SORBITOL | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 4 | Sodium Lauryl Sulfate | SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 5 | Aroma | AROMA | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 6 | Sodium Monofluorophosphate | SODIUM MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 27: products: Oral products; maximum concentration: 0.15% calculated as F. When mixed with other fluorine compounds permitted under this Annex, total F concentration must not exceed 0.15% | none |
| 7 | Zinc Phosphate | ZINC PHOSPHATE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 8 | Cocamidopropyl Betaine | COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 9 | Cellulose Gum | CELLULOSE GUM | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 10 | Sodium Bicarbonate | SODIUM BICARBONATE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 11 | Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate | TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 12 | Sodium Saccharin | SODIUM SACCHARIN | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 13 | Benzyl Alcohol | BENZYL ALCOHOL | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Preservative allowed under conditions (Annex V) Annex III, entry 45: products: (a) Solvent (b) Fragrance/ aromatic compositions/ their raw materials Annex V, entry 34: maximum concentration: 1.0% | none |
| 14 | Xanthan Gum | XANTHAN GUM | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 15 | Sucralose | SUCRALOSE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation | none |
| 16 | Limonene | LIMONENE | Certain nom identique à celui du glossaire européen | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) | none |
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