Finally, a direct answer to the circulating rumor: there is NO peanut oil in Aquafresh toothpastes.

A spokeswoman for the manufacturer of AquaFresh for Kids, GlaxoSmithKline, said emphatically that there is no peanut oil in any of its AquaFresh toothpastes. A spokeswoman for The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, a major nonprofit group that seeks to raise awareness of food allergies, said her group had checked the allegation carefully with Glaxo and agrees that the allegation is "not accurate."

Incidentally, according to the Aquafresh FAQ web site, Aquafresh toothpastes also do not contain gluten, and the tubes do not contain latex or substances associated with latex.