Color changing toothpaste
First Claim
1. A toothpaste consisting essentially of color reagents for interacting to provide a color change indicative of tooth brushing time, said reagents consisting essentially of two separate color components selected from the group consisting of FD&
- C dyes, FD&
C lakes and natural food colors, said two separate color components being selected to interact after a predetermined brushing time of about 20 to 40 seconds to produce a third color, with the proviso that said toothpaste contain no pH responsive color indicator or foaming agent.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a color changing toothpaste which contains color reagents for interacting to provide a color change indicative of tooth brushing time. The color reagents comprise two separate color components which may be an FD&C dye, and FD&C lake or a natural food color, the two separate color components being adapted to interact after a predetermined brushing time to produce a third color. Optionally, the toothpaste may contain up to approximately 0.05% by weight of a foaming agent and other components such as a fluoride and a flavoring agent or flavor burst component.
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1. A toothpaste consisting essentially of color reagents for interacting to provide a color change indicative of tooth brushing time, said reagents consisting essentially of two separate color components selected from the group consisting of FD&
- C dyes, FD&
C lakes and natural food colors, said two separate color components being selected to interact after a predetermined brushing time of about 20 to 40 seconds to produce a third color, with the proviso that said toothpaste contain no pH responsive color indicator or foaming agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- C dyes, FD&
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