Delicious Mint Woven Dental Floss vs Total Pro Gum Health Interdental Floss 25m: which is safer?

Delicious Mint Woven Dental Floss is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Cocofloss

Delicious Mint Woven Dental Floss

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 96/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Plant-based waxed fiber floss

Confidence

82%

PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers

Colgate Total Pro Gum Health Interdental Floss 25m

Colgate

Total Pro Gum Health Interdental Floss 25m

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Nylon filament, waxed coating

Confidence

72%

PossibleBacterial growth or biofilm on stored floss

PossibleChoking or physical entanglement hazard

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fragrance allergens and sensitizers on the Cocofloss and not on the Colgate.
  • We flag Bacterial growth or biofilm on stored floss and Choking or physical entanglement hazard on the Colgate and not on the Cocofloss.
  • The Cocofloss is Plant-based waxed fiber floss where the Colgate is Nylon filament, waxed coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Cocofloss is the one to buy.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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