Does Aquafresh Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Most Aquafresh products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 13 Aquafresh products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 11 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 85%. The one that came up most was PEG (Polyethylene Glycol), in 11 of them.
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What this is. Ingredient-label data from Open Beauty Facts (snapshot 2026-07-31), not laboratory testing. Coverage is crowdsourced, partial and Europe-weighted, so this is 13 of the 25 Aquafresh entries in that database, and US formulations often differ. A flagged ingredient is not automatically harmful — a gel thickener and a solid microbead are both synthetic polymers and are not the same risk.
What comes up most in Aquafresh ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) | 11 of 13 | PEG / glycol |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Tripla protezione, Menta delicata
1 flagged ingredient
Зубна паста з фтором Аквафреш Заряд Свіжості
1 flagged ingredient
Dentifrice triple protection blancheur
1 flagged ingredient
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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