Weleda Salt Toothpaste, Fluoride-Free, 2.5 fl oz (75 ml)

Salt and baking soda paste, certified natural per the maker, with no SLS, sweetener or listed preservative. Tests found no lead or other tested metals and no organic fluorine, but the metals-test tube looks European. Store lists differ.

Best for People who want a sweetener-free paste from an established natural brand, with independent metals and PFAS screens that came back clean, and who like a salty taste.

Our rating: Fair (3.4 of 5)
Price range: Mid-range
Size: 2.5 fl oz (75 ml) tube
Made in: Not stated on the maker’s US page; Lead Safe Mama’s safer-choices list calls the tube it tested a German product

approx. $9 for a 2.5 fl oz tube

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Also sold at Amazon ($7 for one tube ($6.62)), iHerb ($7 ($7.08)), Vitacost ($7 ($7.08)) , and 1 more.

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How it scores Our rating, metric by metric Fair, 3.4 of 5

Ingredients 40% of the rating 4 of 5

Sixteen named ingredients, mostly salt, baking soda, plant extracts and oils, with no fluoride, SLS, sweetener, listed preservative or dye; the costs are glycerin, silica, alcohol and a flavor line, and store pages show different lists.
Active ingredient 20% of the rating 2 of 5

It has no fluoride, hydroxyapatite or xylitol, so nothing in it has cavity-prevention evidence; the US page’s claims (cleans, freshens, tones gums) are modest, but Weleda’s UK page says it protects against cavities, and we found no trial of this paste.
Independent testing 15% of the rating 3 of 5

Lead Safe Mama’s lab found no lead, cadmium or mercury above 5 ppb and no arsenic above 10 ppb in 2025, and Mamavation’s lab found no organic fluorine, but the tube in Lead Safe Mama’s report looks like the English-only European pack, whose ingredient list differs from the US page.
Trust 10% of the rating 3 of 5

It lists its flavor’s named oil components and has no recall of this paste, but two Prop 65 lead notices on its toothpaste (one settled in 2008) and lead in its children’s gel in Lead Safe Mama’s test come off, its UK page claims cavity protection without fluoride, and it runs an affiliate program.
Value 15% of the rating 4 of 5

About $3.60 an ounce at Weleda ($8.99 for 2.5 fl oz), close to RiseWell’s $3.53, and $2.65 to $2.83 at Amazon, iHerb and Vitacost.

The rating, 3.4 of 5, is the weighted average of these scores. See how we rank oral care and our standard.

Where to buy Stores and the prices we saw 4 stores

Amazon (opens in a new tab) approx. $7 for one tube ($6.62). Ships from and sold by Amazon.com, not Weleda’s own storefront. The ingredient list on the page is an older one. Seen 2026-11-03.
iHerb (opens in a new tab) approx. $7 ($7.08). Peppermint, 2.5 fl oz, in stock on 2026-11-03, best by 09/2027. The page shows an older ingredient list.
Vitacost (opens in a new tab) approx. $7 ($7.08). Same product code, price and reviews as iHerb’s listing; best by 09/2027. Seen 2026-11-03.
Dermstore (opens in a new tab) approx. $8 ($7.99). 75 ml per its web address (its details line reads “74ml”), in stock on 2026-11-03. The page shows an older ingredient list, with lactose.

Prices as we saw them on November 3, 2026. They change often. These links carry no tracking code and earn us nothing.

What’s in it Every ingredient, in label order 16 ingredients

Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
Water (Aqua)
Glycerin
Silica
Mentha piperita (peppermint) oil
Prunus spinosa fruit juice
Sea salt (Maris Sal)
Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil
Acacia senegal gum
Xanthan gum
Alcohol
Commiphora myrrha resin extract
Esculin
Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut) bark extract
Krameria triandra root extract
Flavor (Aroma), listed as anethole, beta-caryophyllene, camphor, eucalyptus globulus leaf oil, lavender extract, limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, peppermint oil, menthol and pinene

Who tested it What each test found, and who paid for it 2 tests

Independent Lead Safe Mama, LLC (partly crowd-funded; the site earns affiliate income) September 2025

Weleda Oral Care Salt Toothpaste, Fluoride-Free (lot 2025-211), at Purity Laboratories (ICP-MS): lead under 5 ppb, cadmium under 5 ppb, mercury under 5 ppb, arsenic under 10 ppb, all non-detect. One of eight toothpastes, from nearly 100 tested, that the group found clean. The product image in the report is an English-only “Salty peppermint flavour” tube, not the bilingual US tube, and the report does not say which ingredient list it carried. Lead Safe Mama says results apply to this product only: Weleda’s children’s tooth gel tested positive for lead. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Independent Mamavation (the site earns affiliate income) June 2024

“Weleda Salt Toothpaste Fluoride Free” had no detectable organic fluorine, a marker for PFAS, at an EPA-certified lab with a 10 ppm detection limit. A marker test, not a test for named PFAS; the article does not say how many samples were tested, which pack, or when. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Who paid, and why it matters

Independent The tester took no money from the maker for it: a consumer group, a journalist, a university or a regulator.
Paid certification An outside lab or certifier tested or listed it, and the maker paid for that.
Maker’s own test A lab report or certificate of analysis the maker commissioned and published.

A certification is a floor, not a verdict: it checks what its program checks and nothing else. We weigh tests by someone with no stake in the result most.

What people ask Worries raised online and elsewhere, and what we found 8 questions

Does it contain lead?: Lead Safe Mama’s 2025 lab test found none above its limits. The history is worse: California’s Attorney General lists a 2005 Proposition 65 notice (opens in a new tab) over lead in toothpaste that named Weleda Inc. among 18 defendants. Weleda Inc. settled, and a consent judgment was entered on 2008-05-23 with lead-reduction terms and $53,000 in fees and payments in lieu of a penalty, with no civil penalty, which ended that case against it. A separate 2008 notice (opens in a new tab) to Weleda AG shows no complaint, settlement or judgment. Lead Safe Mama also found lead and arsenic in Weleda’s children’s tooth gel (opens in a new tab), so a clean result for one Weleda paste says nothing about another.
Does the clean metals result cover the tube sold in the US?: Not clearly. The product image in Lead Safe Mama’s lab report (opens in a new tab) is an English-only tube reading “Salty peppermint flavour”, unlike the bilingual English and French tube that Weleda’s US page and Amazon show, and its safer-toothpaste list (opens in a new tab) calls the product “German”. Weleda’s UK page (opens in a new tab) for the same product code lists guar gum and a short flavor line, as the iHerb and Vitacost pages do, while its US page lists acacia gum, xanthan gum and a longer flavor line. The report names lot 2025-211 and no ingredient list, and Lead Safe Mama sends readers to a US Amazon listing without mentioning the difference. We cannot confirm that today’s US tubes match the tested one.
Was PFAS found?: No. Mamavation’s screen (opens in a new tab) found no organic fluorine above 10 ppm. That tests total organic fluorine, a marker, not named PFAS; the article does not say how many samples were tested or which pack, and Mamavation is an advocacy outlet that earns affiliate income.
Which ingredient list is right, and does it contain lactose?: Weleda’s US page (opens in a new tab) lists acacia gum and xanthan gum and no lactose. Amazon (opens in a new tab) and Dermstore (opens in a new tab) show an older list with guar gum, lactose and “cuckoo pint”, and iHerb (opens in a new tab) and Vitacost (opens in a new tab) show guar gum. Weleda says its online lists are updated and the tube is the one to read. Lead Safe Mama does not say which list its sample carried.
Is “flavor (aroma)” an artificial flavor?: Weleda’s page says the paste is certified natural by NATRUE and free from surfactants, synthetic preservatives, flavors and colorants, which reads oddly above a “Flavor (Aroma)” line, so we take it to mean synthetic flavors. The page breaks the aroma into named plant-oil parts (anethole, camphor, linalool, menthol and others), and iHerb’s label text says the flavor is “from natural essential oils”. We could not read NATRUE’s own database, which loads in a browser app, so the certification stays the maker’s word.
Is it too salty or gritty, and does it contain alcohol?: Amazon’s summary of its 1,593 ratings, seen 2026-11-03, says taste divides buyers (some love the salt, some find it too salty) and some describe it as gritty. Weleda’s page says gently abrasive particles clean the teeth (silica is on the list) and gives no abrasivity figure. “Alcohol” is on the list; the page does not say how much.
Does it prevent cavities without fluoride?: Weleda’s US page makes no cavity claim, and the paste has no fluoride, hydroxyapatite or xylitol. Its UK page (opens in a new tab) says the paste “protects against cavities forming”, and we found no study of this paste to back that. Our guide to toothpaste ingredients says the cavity-prevention evidence comes from fluoride, so talk to a dentist first if you get cavities often.
Has Weleda had recalls, and are its promoters paid?: openFDA lists one Weleda recall, a 2023 Class II action on a dietary supplement (Hepatodoron tablets, possible metal), now terminated; none for toothpaste, and the CPSC recall search found nothing. Weleda’s site has a “Become An Affiliate” link, so some recommenders may earn commissions. We could not read Reddit or social media.

Why we chose it What put it on our list 4 points

One of eight toothpastes, out of nearly 100 toothpastes and tooth powders Lead Safe Mama has tested, with no detectable lead, cadmium, mercury or arsenic, though the tube it tested looks like the European pack.
Mamavation’s lab found no organic fluorine, a PFAS marker, in it.
No surfactant, sweetener or listed preservative: the current US list is salt, baking soda, silica, glycerin and plant extracts.
It is easy to find, at about $2.65 to $2.83 a fluid ounce at Amazon, iHerb and Vitacost.

Trade-offs What to weigh before you buy 6 points

The US page, the UK page and the stores show different ingredient lists, two with lactose, and the tested sample’s list is not published.
Lead Safe Mama’s clean result is for a tube that looks like the English-only European pack, not the bilingual US tube.
Weleda settled a 2005 Proposition 65 lead case over its toothpaste in 2008 (a consent judgment entered on 2008-05-23) and has a second 2008 notice with no outcome shown, and its children’s tooth gel had lead in Lead Safe Mama’s test.
Silica, glycerin and alcohol are in it, some buyers find it salty or gritty, and Weleda publishes no abrasivity figure.
No fluoride, hydroxyapatite or xylitol: nothing in it is shown to prevent cavities.
Weleda’s own price is about $3.60 an ounce, more than the stores.

What to know Details worth knowing first

Weleda’s salt toothpaste is a short, plain paste: baking soda, salt, silica, glycerin and a handful of plant extracts, with peppermint and other named oils for flavor. Weleda says it is free from surfactants and synthetic preservatives and certified natural by NATRUE, though we could not read NATRUE’s own listing, and the list has no sweetener.

It is here for its test results, with a catch. Lead Safe Mama found no lead, cadmium, mercury or arsenic in 2025, one of only eight clean pastes out of nearly 100, and Mamavation’s lab found no organic fluorine. But the tube in Lead Safe Mama’s report looks like the English-only European pack, not the bilingual US one, whose ingredient list differs, and Lead Safe Mama stresses that a clean Weleda paste says nothing about another: its children’s gel had lead.

Read the tube. Weleda’s US page, its UK page and the US stores show different ingredient lists, Lead Safe Mama does not say which one its sample carried, and the brand settled a lead case over its toothpaste in 2008. With no fluoride in it, talk to a dentist first if you get cavities.

What we checked Each claim, and how sure we are of it 8 checks

How Weleda Salt Toothpaste, Fluoride-Free, 2.5 fl oz (75 ml) measures up against our oral care criteria
What we checked	What we found
Fluoride-free Maker’s claim	No fluoride in the ingredient list or the product name.
An active ingredient with evidence Maker’s claim	None with cavity evidence: baking soda, salt and silica clean. The US page’s claims are limited to cleaning, freshening and toning gums; the UK page claims cavity protection.
Every ingredient listed Maker’s claim	Sixteen named, with the flavor broken into plant-oil parts on Weleda’s US page, which is the list this page uses because it is the maker’s own and the fullest. The UK page and the Amazon, Dermstore, iHerb and Vitacost pages show different lists.
Gentle formula Maker’s claim	No SLS or other surfactant by Weleda’s “free from surfactants” line, but it has silica and alcohol and no published abrasivity.
Certified natural (NATRUE) Maker’s claim	Weleda’s pages say certified natural by NATRUE. We could not read NATRUE’s database.
Independent metals test Verified	Lead Safe Mama: no lead, cadmium or mercury above 5 ppb and no arsenic above 10 ppb (2025, one sample, a tube that looks like the European pack).
PFAS screen Verified	Mamavation: no organic fluorine above 10 ppm (marker test; sample count and pack not stated).
Prop 65 notices and recalls Verified	Two Prop 65 notices over lead in toothpaste (2005, ended by a 2008 consent judgment; 2008, no outcome shown). One 2023 recall of a different Weleda product, a supplement; none for toothpaste.

What the labels mean

Verified We opened an independent record that confirms it: a certifier’s listing, a regulator’s list or a lab report. It is linked under Sources.
Maker’s claim The maker says so on its own page or label. We read it but found no independent record.
Not verified We looked and could not confirm it, or the maker does not say. Treat it as unknown.

Sources Where our facts come from 13 sources

Weleda: Natural Salt Toothpaste (US product page). Maker’s page. Ingredients, price $8.99, size, NATRUE and “free from” wording, seen 2026-11-03. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Weleda UK: Salt Toothpaste Peppermint. Maker’s page. Same product code. Lists guar gum and a flavor line with only limonene and linalool, and says it “protects against cavities forming”; £5.95 for 75 ml, seen 2026-11-03. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Amazon: Weleda Natural Salt Toothpaste, 2.5 Ounce (Pack of 1). Independent source. $6.62, shipper and seller Amazon.com, on 2026-11-03. Shows an older ingredient list and Amazon’s summary of 1,593 ratings (4.5 stars). Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
iHerb: Weleda Oral Care Salt Toothpaste, Fluoride Free, Peppermint, 2.5 fl oz. Independent source. $7.08, in stock, 2026-11-03. Label text says the flavor, limonene and linalool are from natural essential oils. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Vitacost: Weleda Oral Care Salt Toothpaste, Fluoride Free, Peppermint. Independent source. $7.08, 2026-11-03. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Dermstore: Weleda Salt Toothpaste. Independent source. $7.99 and in stock on 2026-11-03. Its ingredient list is an older one with lactose and cuckoo pint, and its details line says 74ml. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Lead Safe Mama: Weleda Salt Toothpaste, lab report. Test report. Purity Laboratories case 2509170, tested 2025-09-16, ICP-MS, lot 2025-211. The product image in the report is an English-only tube. Partly crowd-funded; Lead Safe Mama earns affiliate income and takes no money from makers. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Lead Safe Mama: Weleda Children’s Tooth Gel (Spearmint), lab report. Test report. Found lead and arsenic in a different Weleda paste, which is why results are product-specific. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Lead Safe Mama: lab-tested safer toothpaste choices. Test report. Posted 2026-05-28; the list of eight toothpastes found non-detect for all four metals says it was updated 2026-02-21. It calls the Weleda paste a “German Product”. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Mamavation: safest non-toxic toothpaste and tooth powder, with the organic fluorine screen. Test report. Published 2024-06-15, modified 2026-10-01. An EPA-certified lab, detection limit 10 ppm; the article does not say how many samples were tested. Mamavation is an advocacy outlet with affiliate links. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
California Attorney General: Proposition 65 notice 2005-00149 (toothpaste products, lead; Weleda Inc. among 18 defendants). Certifier or regulator listing. Filed 2005-06-02, AESI v. Procter & Gamble et al. The Weleda Inc. settlement is dated 2008-05-09 and the consent judgment 2008-05-23: lead reduction, $53,000 in total payments, $0 civil penalty. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
California Attorney General: Proposition 65 notice 2008-00075 (toothpaste products, lead; Weleda AG). Certifier or regulator listing. Filed 2008-03-13 by the American Environmental Safety Institute. No complaint, settlement or judgment is listed. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
openFDA food enforcement record F-0820-2023 (Weleda Inc.). Certifier or regulator listing. Class II, terminated: Hepatodoron tablets, a dietary supplement that may contain metal. No drug or device records for Weleda; no CPSC recall found. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Alternatives Other options to compare 2 options

Essential Oxygen Organic Low Abrasion Toothpaste Also clean in Lead Safe Mama’s test and Mamavation’s screen, and organic, but it has 1.44% hydrogen peroxide.
Boka Ela Mint Nano-hydroxyapatite Toothpaste Hydroxyapatite paste with a stated brand test, but trace lead, arsenic and mercury in Lead Safe Mama’s test and a 26-item list.

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