Finally, a Zero-Waste Floss
Our original floss, Flosspot™ Silk, is a refillable mini mason jar filled with a 40m spool of luxurious silk dental floss, lightly waxed for strength and ease of use between tight teeth, lab tested for purity. Flosspot™ Gold is a refillable stainless steel jar filled with a 50m spool of floss made of PLA from corn, an alternative to fossil-based plastics, lab tested for purity and compostability.
Flosspot™ Silk was several years in the making. We wanted to get it right the first time by launching with complete lab-tested authentication for purity and transparency for our customers and we welcome any and all feedback. Plastic under the gum line (especially when coated in teflon) either with floss or a toothbrush bristle, simply no longer makes sense, especially now that healthier alternatives are available.
Our Inspiration
In 2015, KMH Touches was promoting an on the wall floss dispenser for hotel chains which was slowly catching on across Canada. The dispenser made sense in that you fill it once, and then refill yearly – saving many plastic floss dispensers from entering landfills.
But it was in fact plastic, as was the floss. After viewing the short film Albatross, we decided that we needed to find a better way that did not add to the plasticide witnessed in that very compelling movie.
We ordered an antique dispenser online as a decoration for our office in downtown Galt, Cambridge, Ontario. As it sat there, it occurred to us . . . THAT is how things USED to work – before plastic.
On the left is an antique floss dispenser from a dental history site that was the inspiration for our version on the right: original Flosspot Silk
Our Design
We decided to resurrect this design in a way that fit today’s needs; compact, refillable, compostable, and better for everyone than plastic. Silk was our initial choice of fibre due to its antibacterial and anti-fungal properties as well as its strength and decadence. We began sourcing glass companies and silk production around the globe.
We learned that while the silk worm does lose its life in the production process, the number of animals being tangled, maimed, suffocated, and killed by plastic, teflon, and nylon floss is significantly greater. Why? Because plastic waste is like a weapon of mass destruction…it kills aimlessly and is itself seemingly indestructible!
Once Flosspot™ Silk was established, we continued our search for better options and developed Flosspot™ Gold, a plant-based floss made of PLA from corn.
Find Flosspot Silk, Flosspot Gold and refills in over 700 health food stores across Canada or here on this site.
Also available at well.ca.
VEGAN Flosspot Gold
Our plant-sourced PLA floss Flosspot Gold is coated with cnadelilla wax, flavoured with ginger-mint and packaged in a durable refillable stainless steel jar. Non-toxic stainless is a perfect zero waste refillable container for this vegan-friendly floss. CERTIFIED by the illustrious USDA Labs as 100% bio-based (3% MOE).
Flosspot packaging is biodegradable cardboard using only non-toxic inks and glue. The safety seals and window are plant-based PHA & PLA cello. Flosspot is an innovative solution to plastic waste; buy once and refill for life!
Available at many health stores across Canada and at well.ca.
Certified and Accredited
Wherever possible we strive to meet standards for sustainability and eco-friendliness for both product and packaging. Flosspot is packagedd in a compostable cardboard box with only non-toxic inks and glue. Both Flosspot Silk and Flosspot Gold are accredited by USDA as 100% Biobased products allowing for 3% margin of error.
See our special Elegance Collections available here and at well.ca.
Includes Flosspot, Flosspot Refill, and Travel Case.
Flosspot gets a close-up on The Marilyn Denis show.
Our Future
We at KMH will continue to create new and innovative eco-dental products. We began with Brush with Bamboo Plant-Based Bristle Toothbrushes and continue with our Eco-friendly Flosses and Bamboo Straws. Good for you products that are also better for the planet.
Zero waste trend-setter Lauren is one of our inspirations.
