Kalodont

For the word game, see Kaladont.
Retro packaging of Kalodont Extra from 2024
Original Kalodont tooth "paste"

Kalodont is a toothpaste brand by Croatian manufacturer Saponia, based in Osijek.[1]

The original product was manufactured by F. A. Sarg's Sohn & Co. from Vienna, and sold in Austria-Hungary starting with 1887. It later became widely distributed, in 34 other countries, and obtained a near-monopoly status that caused the word "kalodont" to become synonymous with the word for "tooth paste" in South Slavic languages.[2] It was also advertised and sold in Russia in 1927.[3] Production, at the time based in Yugoslavia, ceased in 1981,[2] but the product returned to the market in 2012, as Saponia attempted to revitalize its old brands.[4]

Aside from being a toothpaste brand, the name is used for a popular South Slavic word game.

See also

References

  1. ^ HT (12 November 2012). "Kada brend postane eponim – pasta za zube ili Kalodont?". Poslovni savjetnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  2. ^ a b "Zubne paste - kozmetika i higijena" [Toothpaste - Cosmetics and hygiene]. Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 2011-01-20. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  3. ^ Kiaer, Christina; Naiman, Eric (2006). Everyday life in early Soviet Russia: taking the Revolution inside. Indiana University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-253-21792-9. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  4. ^ "Nakon 20 godina Kalodont se vraća na tržište". Poslovni savjetnik (in Croatian). 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2022-02-07.