Living in Singapore

[lee_yl]

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I use Colgate Total Professional - Clean Mint.
Venus $3.50 vs NTUC $6.50 per tube.

[starlight1968sg]

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I use Colgate Total Professional - Clean Mint.
Venus $3.50 vs NTUC $6.50 per tube.

Almost double the price; why?

[zac's mum]

Parallel import i think.

[Estéema]

I’m more worried abt non-official sources that churn out fake products. I wld take extra care in case of un-approved ingredients/chemicals used.

[zac's mum]

I’m assuming that Venus, being a local shop, has had their goods regularly spot checked & tested by HSA. If there had been any problems in their history, would have long ago been red flagged.


If buy from questionable sources on HP app platforms, then I wont feel the same.

[starlight1968sg]

we trust the authority checks all pdts sold in Spore.

The cost of toothpaste can vary much from supermarket to various shops in neighbourhood.

[lee_yl]

The Colgate Total Clean Mint I bought from

Venus was manufactured in Thailand, under Colgate-Palmolive.

Venus has about 30 outlets in Singapore, Value shop has like 50+ outlets. Unlikely to sell fake Colgate toothpaste or fake Loacker Choco wafer bah…

[zac's mum]

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The Colgate Total Clean Mint I bought from
Venus was manufactured in Thailand, under Colgate-Palmolive.

Venus has about 30 outlets in Singapore, Value shop has like 50+ outlets. Unlikely to sell fake Colgate toothpaste or fake Loacker Choco wafer bah…

I’ve been buying Dove shower foam and L’oreal kids shampoo from them for donkey years. Our skin is still ok lol.

[Estéema]

Yes. The other possible sources are regions like Thailand - usually toiletries & pharmaceutical related herbs; M’sia - usually the beverages are palm content incl ice-cream & chocolates which I carefully avoids …


The other day, I visited a frd whose boy was admitted to hospital. Was told he likes the milo 3-in-1 pkt & when I visited the Value Shop, realized their label is diff fr those sold at NTUC incl the sports figure reflected on the pkt. I hesitated & decided to get them fr NTUC.

I suppose the ingredients used are dissimilar, just as those Australian 2.5kg Milo tin differs fr those that uses Australian Recipe & a 3rd type sold as Asian (palm based product) recipe. I buy the Australian product as the Australian Recipe don’t taste as rich in the chocolatey taste & will definitely avoid the Asian version. Most ppl still seemingly not affected, but I was told by my boss previously that the long term effects of blockages to our system not immediately detected.

[starlight1968sg]

I think for toiletries, we can buy from those cheap-cheap shops.

For food, we better buy from reputable ones like supermarkets.