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How Your Own Dental Health Impacts Your Kid’s
The news is again full of shocking stories about the state of kids’ teeth. According to the BBC, in 2013-14 nearly 26,000 five to nine year-olds were admitted to hospitals in England with tooth decay (up 14% from 2011). Tooth decay is now the most common reason kids this age end up in hospital. The …
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Jul 31, 2015
Goodbye Old Friends
On our journey so far so much has evolved and changed. But there has been one constant since the very first box of gum; our Moustache Heroes. They’ve appeared in various places, on each evolution of our packs. Sadly the eagle-eyed of you may have noticed they’re starting to disappear. Soon they’ll be gone for …
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Jun 2, 2015
Happy National Smile Month
The above fact was brought to you by our wonderful smelling friends at the British Dental Health Foundation. It’s part of their National Smile Month campaign, a big initiative to spread the word about the importance of keeping your mouth clean and healthy. For the next few weeks (and beyond) they’re asking everyone do 3 …
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May 31, 2015
The History of Xylitol in Finland
There’s no doubt Finland is the undisputed home of xylitol. If the UK is famous for the royal family, orderly queues and roast dinners, Finland’s equivalents are Santa Claus, saunas and xylitol. Xylitol mints, chewing gum and sweets can be found everywhere and you’d be hard pushed to find someone who didn’t know they were …
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May 20, 2015
Xylitol and Your Dog
The other day, on one of our facebook posts, someone mentioned that xylitol was bad for dogs. It’s not an issue that’s come up a lot for us but it’s definitely an important one, so here’s some info about it… Dogs Are Different Dogs have very different metabolisms from us and that means there are lots …
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May 1, 2015
Going Large in Whole Foods Market
Behold a mountain of Peppersmith. This pile of minty goodness is located in Whole Foods Market, High St Kensington, where for May only they’ll be selling whole cases of our mints & gum. In each case there’s 12 packs which is a whole load of fresh breath and enough xylitol to help keep your teeth …
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Apr 16, 2015
Xylitol Goes Meta – Our Response to the Cochrane Review
First up a warning – this is a technical, in-depth post and not the easiest read. It’s complex as it’s about something very complex indeed; the recent Cochrane review on xylitol and tooth decay. If you don’t know it already, Cochrane is a global network of researchers, medical professionals and other associated parties that produces …
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Mar 20, 2015
How To Join a Start-Up
This blog post was written by Abi. I get asked quite a lot about how I came to work at Peppersmith so here’s a bit about how I landed the role and importantly some tips if you’re also looking to join a start-up. For me it was a very much a case of ‘right place, …
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Mar 10, 2015
Bye Bye tingz
A lot has changed at Peppersmith over the last 12 months. We billed it as our year of fixing stuff; not running around doing loads of new things but being really focussed, improving what we’ve got and doing less stuff better. So far it’s been great. In October we launched an improved website & web …
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All About Dry Mouth
To be honest, when we started making our mints and gum we knew little about dry mouth issues. It’s amazing though how often it now comes up, both among the people that buy our products and also the dental professionals we talk to. Apparently one in five older people will experience a dry mouth. With …
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Sep 22, 2014
Peppersmith 2.0
We’re very happy to announce that our new website is live. In fact you already know that as you’re reading it right now. How exciting. There’s quite a lot of stuff here, including new sections about dental health and our little company plus a brand spanking new, much better shop. It won’t by perfect though …
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Jun 13, 2014
Braaaaaaaaaazil
World Cup fever has reached Peppersmith HQ and here’s Gracie and Dan with the Brazilian flag they knocked up out of mint packs. The camera doesn’t really do it justice – it’s a beauty. Whoever you’re supporting, enjoy the tournament and good luck to England on Saturday. In Roy We Trust (for now).
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