Used for centuries, this simple teeth cleaning recipe has stood the test of time in many cultures. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Native Americans depended on charcoal and ash to obtain dazzling smiles back when a white, shimmering smile was a mark of beauty. The whitening power from Peasant Co delivers out of this world results. You’ll wonder why we ever diverted from ancient ways.

CHARCOAL

Did you know you'll find activated charcoal in water filters and traditionally hospitals and poison control centers use it to treat accidental poisoning or a drug overdose. We use charcoal as our main whitening ingredient because it's a highly absorbent porous substance that binds to things like tannins left from coffee, wine, etc that stain teeth and leave them yellow or brown.

What is “activated” charcoal mean? Activated means it is purified or refined. Coconut shells are heated to create a char. This char is then "activated" in a furnace at high temperatures of 1,700° to 1,800°F with steam.

CLAY

Clay is imporatnt because it’s full of minerals like calcium, magnesium and silica which are nourishing for the teeth. Like activated charcoal, bentonite clay can be taken internally to help with toxin removal so it’s safe for use in the mouth.

Clay is alkaline. My charcoal and clay blend can actually be helpful in changing the pH and health of the mouth, and as such is effective in avoiding cavities and gingivitis.

Activated charcoal removes plaque, toxins that cause bad breath, and teeth stains through a process called adsorption where these unwanted elements adhere to the porous surface of the charcoal. Unlike the bricks you use for your backyard barbecue, activated charcoal’s enormous surface area is dotted with the numerous nooks and crannies that draw in and trap toxic substances in your gut like a sponge, preventing them from being absorbed by the body.

Does it work for everyone?
Your teeth may become discolored due to a variety of factors from poor dental hygiene to the food you eat to just getting older. Activated charcoal is shown to be attracted to a group of compounds known as tannins. Tannins can be found in common stain inducing items like wine, blueberries, cigarette smoke or coffee, for instance. Those are the types of stains if you brush with charcoal, you can clean off.

Our ingredients are edible. Since chemicals can easily absorb through the sensitive skin in the mouth, we use ingredients that are safe enough to eat. But don't. It's best to spit out the bacteria and plaque you brushed away.

Safer than Charcoal Powders. Unlike abrasive charcoal teeth powders that could possibly remove enamel from teeth, the Peasasnt Co blend makes application safer by reducing the abrasiveness:

• We use a grit-free, ultra fine granular charcoal in our formula that is food grade and gentle on the enamel.
• Most importantly we add coconut oil. The reason coconut oil helps whiten teeth is similar to what oil is doing in your car’s engine. In addition to acting as a carrier oil, it's a natural lubricant that will ease the abrasiveness of charcoal.

I created this product after a friend of mine, a Native American woman, told me one day how her teeth became and stayed so white. She told me accounts of when she was a little girl growing up, her father used to burn plant matter and after the plant burned to black ashes or became charred, the father would take the ash residue and give it to his family. They would take a little on their finger and brush it against their teeth. This intrigued me because many years ago in my native Philippines I was also raised with charcoal for my everyday brushing! Our cultures were a world apart and we were both raised without fluoride or any dental care but we were still able to keep our teeth clean, healthy and shinning white using the same natural ingredients.

I grew up poor and didn’t have access to modern dental care or chemicals for cleaning and whitening. My family simply turned to natural ingredients we had around us like charcoal, bentonite clay (volcanic ash) and coconut oil to keep our smiles pearly white. In fact before the invention of modern toothpaste in 1890 most all of our ancestors used a similar recipe. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Native Americans depended on charcoal, clay and sometimes coconut oil. The exact recipe would have depended on what was available in their environment. And even today no chemical teeth whitening solution or product on the market comes close to the whitening and brightening action of charcoal, clay and coconut oil. It might make you wonder why we ever diverted from ancient ways.