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European toothpaste? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 month ago by Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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Is there any? Iโ€™m located in Finland and trying to find one. I just bought Sensodyne, which I believed would be European, but seems to be American, according to Wikipedia?

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[โ€“] nodiratime@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The story seems to be complicated, but according to Wikipedia it seems to be British?

Sensodyne became a part of Haleon, a British multinational consumer healthcare corporation, in July 2022, following the establishment of Haleon as a separate entity through a corporate spin-off from GSK.[14]

[โ€“] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, it seems very complicated, because I got two different kinds of information from that article. One in โ€œquick factsโ€ tells itโ€™s American and when you read further it says itโ€™s British. I donโ€™t use Google, so I didnโ€™t investigate it more, though.

[โ€“] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems that Wikipedia is confused. Sensodyne was originally an American product, but it was later purchased by GSK, which is a British company, which then split, and Sensodyne is now owned by Haleon, a British company.

History

Sensodyne is a brand of toothpaste that was first sold by Block Drug, a Brooklyn, New York-based company established in 1907 by pharmacist Alexander Block.[1]

In 2000, Block Drug was purchased by Smith Kline Beecham P.L.C.,[11] which became GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK).[12]

Sensodyne became a part of Haleon, a British multinational consumer healthcare corporation, in July 2022, following the establishment of Haleon as a separate entity through a corporate spin-off from GSK.[14]

[โ€“] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Ok. Thatโ€™s something I presumed.