Did Tom's of Maine toothpaste shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before4.7 oz
After4 oz
−14.9%smaller
Price per oz · if the price stayed the same+17.5%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The 10th-largest of 18 documented oral care cuts; a bigger cut than 59% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2024 · reported 12 Aug 2024
Country
United States
Brand
Tom's of Maine
Category
Oral Care
Source
mouseprint.org

Source and evidence

Evidence
Typeconsumer advocate report (Mouse Print*, old and new packages compared)
Confidencehigh

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Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products” changed +0.4% (12 months to Aug 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per ounce by +17.5% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.

What the source says

“…This time, the already small 4.7-ounce size went down to just four ounces. *MOUSE PRINT: DiGiorno Rising Crust Pizza Consumers lost almost three ounces of pepperoni pizza in these boxes.”

More from the US: the US Shrinkflation Tracker has all 296 documented cases, sortable and filterable.

Topic guide: toothpaste shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand. Also: toothpaste, deodorant and personal care shrinkflation.

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Tom's of Maine toothpaste shrink? 4.7 oz → 4 oz”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/tom-s-of-maine-toothpaste-us-2024.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Here We Shrink Again – Summer 2024 – Part 2 – Mouse Print* (https://www.mouseprint.org/2024/08/12/here-we-shrink-again-summer-2024-part-2/).

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