*le sigh*

[miladycarol]

Just because, sometimes, it's one straw too many and my back can't take the burden. I wrote this email tonight to this company. They are certainly not the only ones out there who don't deem it important to mention some of the herbs and flavours they use in their products, but after a lifetime of taking calculated risks on incomplete labels, something had to be said.


Dear Desert Essence,

I was extremely disappointed this evening when I popped open the cap to your Citrus Fresh Toothpaste.

I am a label reader. I scour the aisles of my grocery stores for the healthiest and the best products for myself and my family. I decided, after reading the ingredients, to try the Citrus Fresh toothpaste for the first time. All the ingredients listed passed my inspection. I don't know if you can imagine my disappointment when I opened the lid and sniffed the contents only to catch the dreaded scent of cinnamon. Cinnamon was not listed on the label. Had I known, I'd have not purchased your product. I am anaphylactically allergic to cinnamon. I realize there are not many people with this allergy in the world, but I am very tired of breaking the seal on products only to smell cinnamon that wasn't listed anywhere on the product.

I do not expect anything from you except that you consider making a thorough list of the ingredients in your products. If my nose wasn't acutely tuned to the scent, I'm sure I'd have had more than my share of emergency room visits over the years.

I thank you for your attention and I am sad that I will not be able to use your product.

Peace.

Comments

[karinablack.livejournal.com]

OMG!
Scary!!! I feel the same way about garlic- nasty little surprise. Sucks they aren't required to completely label products.

I've been using Tom's toothpaste, it's pretty yummy!

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

I usually use the Toms in the little squeeze bottle, but I don't care for the sodium laurel sulfate in it. I want to find a toothpaste that both meets my standards and tastes good. It's a difficult thing to do.

You're not fond of garlic, then? Good to know. I put it in everything I can. You should remind me before you ever eat anything I cook.

[karinablack.livejournal.com]

I'm allergic :)
It does bad things to me.

Sodium Laurel Sulfate? You can taste that?

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

No. I can read it on the label and I know it's very corrosive. It is a skin irritant and, in large doses (which may accumulate over a lifetime of use), it is a carcinogen. I've eliminated it from everything I can find in my house. It may be an awesome de-greaser, but so is tea. And tea isn't harmful like that.

[karinablack.livejournal.com]

eek! Sounds intense. You can degrease things with tea though??

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes I can.

If you've ever been to a really good Chinese restaurant where they serve the good Red Oolong tea with dinner, you may notice that the tea left over in the pot is poured by the wait staff over the surface of the lazy susan and table after they pick off the chopsticks and plates. They then wipe down the table with the tea. Chinese also use the tea to wash their hands after they've eaten greasy ribs or something with their fingers. I don't make anything terribly greasy here, but I've dumped a little tea into the sink water before adding soap and it helps.

[karinablack.livejournal.com]

...I must not ever have been to a really good Chinese restaurant.

The best one I know of is Kowloon's. MMmm...

I would be really weirded out over tea-pouring after a person's meal hehe!!!
Is there a place in Eugene that does this?