Win an NFco tooth care Hamper
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A few months ago, I reviewed some fabulous natural tooth care products from Jack and Jill Kids. At the time, I was a bit disappointed that they didn’t make something similar for adults. It is so difficult to find palm oil free toothpaste and toothbrushes are notoriously bad for the environment. That’s why I was delighted to hear that Jack and Jill have branched out to make The Natural Family Company – eco friendly tooth care for the whole family.
Introducing NFco
The Natural Family Company – NFco for short – was developed in response to numerous public requests for a natural daily toothpaste. The products are based on Australian native river mint. It cleans effectively, tastes minty, contains natural ingredients and is free from palm oil and other nasties. It is suitable for the whole family to use.
Alongside the toothpaste, NFco have developed a range of family toothbrushes. Like the Jack and Jill kids brushes, these are entirely biodegradable, along with their packaging. Regular toothbrushes cannot be recycled and will stay for years in landfill, so this is a real breakthrough.
Trying out the NFco toothpaste
I’ve been trying out the NFco original and whitening toothpastes. Both taste very fresh, without being overpoweringly minty. Neither contains fluoride and I know this is very much a matter of personal choice. I I’m not qualified to comment on the benefit or detriment of fluoride in toothpaste. However, brushing with the NFco toothpaste has definitely left my teeth feeling clean and my mouth feeling fresh.
Both toothpastes are vegan, cruelty free and free from GMO, parabens, gluten, soy, sugar, SLS and artificial flavours and colours. They contain 25% Xylitol which helps maintain a neutral PH level in the mouth and prevents bacteria from sticking to the teeth.
Unlike other brands, the whitening toothpaste doesn’t feel harsh or abrasive on my teeth. That said, it does appear to be very effective. I rarely use a whitening brand and my teeth do stain from drinking tea and coffee. The NFco whitening toothpaste appears to be slowly removing the stains and I’ve been very impressed with it.
My thoughts on the NFco toothbrushes
I’ve been using the bio brush with stand. This is a very soft bristled brush and I have to admit that when I realised this, I thought I wouldn’t like it. I generally go for quite a hard bristle because it makes me feel like my teeth are going to get cleaner. Having tried it out though, that’s not the case at all. Brushing with this feels like I’m polishing my teeth rather than brushing them.
The other thing I love about the brush is the stand, because it does drive me mad not being able to stand my toothbrush up. The regular bio brush fits in the stand too, so you only have to buy the stand once. For me though, the main appeal of these brushes is the fact that they are biodegradable. As I’ve now found out that they are also effective for teeth cleaning, I will be buying them instead of our regular brushes in future in order to reduce our environmental impact.
Win an NFco tooth care hamper
NFco have kindly agreed to give away a family hamper worth around £75. The hamper contains:
- 4 toothpastes
- 4 toothbrushes with stands
- 2 twin packs of tooth brushes (without stands)
If you’d like to win a dental care hamper for your family, you can enter using the Rafflecopter below. Please read my competition terms and conditions before entering. Don’t forget to check out my other competitions too, there are some brilliant prizes up for grabs.
Composing our waste at home and recycling
Great to look after the environment
I agree, it’s so important.
We recycle almost everything and I make and mend so I buy less!
You sound very talented Tracy, I wish I could make things!
We recycle everything and my hubby works for a re-use charity too! We are very environmentally friendly here 🙂
A re-use charity, what a great idea!
We reuse, recycle and mend as much as possible instead of buying new.
That’s a great idea, much less waste!
We recycle.
Fab, if only everyone did!
Recycle as much as we can and compost to use on the garden for growing our own veg
That’s brilliant, I need to get composting!
We try to use Eco friendly products where possible and avoid excessive packaging .We use material bags and never buy bags at the supermarket . We also do not compost teabags anymore only their contents after learning that tea bags are made with plastic mixed into the bag
Gosh, I had no idea about the teabags!
We have an organic garden so no chemicals,slug pellets or weed killers and i grow lots of bee and butterfly loving plants and have an allotment area. We also compost the kitchen waste.
Sounds perfect!
we recycle and pick up rubbish off the meadows, I am vegetarian and my wife is vegan.
We recycle and we always turn our electrics off at the main.
We recycle as much waste as we can and are very frugle when using electricity and gas
Saves a fortune as well doesn’t it?
Nat.x
We recycle, walk when we can, and make sure we don’t use too much electricity in the home (we don’t have gas) xx
That’s brilliant, walking is such a good one.
Nat.x
I haven’t heard of those, interesting to find different options.
Nat.x
walk or cycle when we can instead of using the car or bus.
We are very good at recycling and always turn lights off if not required.
I like the look of these. I make our toothpaste from coconut oil, bicarb, xylitol, calcium carbonate and peppermint oil, but we often need a tube of paste for when we’re away or during the summer when the coconut oil paste is too liquid. I’ve been gradually reducing the amount of waste we produce, for example each month I look at another area where we are producing waste and tackle it. I switched from disposable pan scrubbers to a plastic pan brush that will last for months, replaced disposable dish clothes with washable ones, this month I’ve started using washable sanitary wear. We produce less than a quarter of the rubbish our neighbours do but there are still improvement we can make, and toothbrushes are one of them.
That’s amazing Maz, such a great idea to gradually reduce your waste.
Nat.x
we do lots of recycling
We recycle and we grow almost all our own meat fruit and veg.
buy food to just last a week no waste also minimal packaging
We go on beach clean ups
We do a lot of recycling and will be installing a compost bin to collect food waste
“WE” recycle.
We recycle what we can and try to eat all food so there is not much waste
these look fab x we have a large compost bin and we also keep chickens for our own eggs we also recycle plastic glass ect xx
We recycle, we minimise waste and walk and cycle instead of use cars
Recycling, re-use carrier bags, try to buy products with less wasteful packaging.
Recycle religiously, have 2 big grey wheelie bin that fill to the brim every fortnight
Turn the tap off when cleaning our teeth
I’ve been Vegan for almost 2 years now, and so am trying my best with recycling and being mindful of the products and foods I buy are vegan and cruelty free.
I recycle everything and re use things
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We’re always looking for better ways to do more re-cycling. The good thing is – with children – they encourage you by learning things at school…something we didn’t really do when we were younger.
we are all vegetarian so this definitely helps the planet! we also recycle and always use our reusable bags at the supermarket. we don’t even drive!
Recycling the best i can.
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Recycle 🙂
I recycle as much as I know how to but it does annoy me that so many local radio stations and tv stations who could put out information on where to take things fail to do so. Even local councils rarely list everything they will recycle and don’t give advice on how we can help even more (removing labels or lids etc.) So much potential that we need the media to step up.
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We try to ‘make the place better’ anywhere we go and its become a family game that we’ve carried on as the children got older. We simply try to leave any place we visit better than when we arrive whether its by picking up a piece of litter, shutting a gate, making sure we say thank you if there is organic or fair trade food, feeding the birds, making sure we DON”T pick the wildflowers so everyone can enjoy them…only limited by imagination
That’s a lovely attitude, I wish more people did that.
Nat.x
we are all vegean so this definitely helps the planet and we recycle,always use reusable bags at the supermarket too x
We recycle whatever we can. We do not waste food
Recycle; the house is well insulated
Recycle & try to do our bit
try to recycle or buy eco friendly when we can, i never ever use plastic carrier bags, they drive me nuts!
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Not eating meat (makes most impact), recycling, walking/ cycling when possible, minimum food waste!
Recycle as much as we can.
walk or bike and recycle
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And I do like to ask companies if they’d be willing to use more environmentally-friendly packaging; there are still a lot of thick plastic tubs and the like being used, which isn’t great.
I’m very glad to read of the efforts more places are making to stop stocking plastic cotton buds. I have to buy paper ones online at the moment!
We recycle everything and the food waste too
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Being vegan, though primarily for the animals, is also amazing for the environment!
we grow our own vegtables
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lots of recycling
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We stopped using single use plastics recently and try to buy products in glass which is more successfully recycled.
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We walk when we can. It’s so much better for the soul too 🙂
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We keep recycling 🙂 xxx