Akamai Basics Review: What I've Used and What I'm Buying Next

Akamai Basics is a natural oral and body care brand founded in 2017. Their position is straightforward and a little confrontational: the personal care industry sells you products you do not need, loaded with chemicals you did not ask for, packaged in plastic that ends up in landfills.

I looked into them after their toothpowder worked and here’s what I found. A lot of mainstream products “marketed as natural” still use chemically processed versions of plant compounds. Akamai does not use those. Their formulations are clean enough, they say, that you could eat them.

Close Up of Akamai Basics Toothpowder

The brand has earned endorsements from Dr. Mark Hyman, a New York Times bestselling author and functional medicine physician, and has been covered by The Guardian, Men’s Journal, and a handful of other outlets. They manufacture in the US.

I came across them while looking for an alternative to fluoride toothpaste after years of back-and-forth with sensitivity issues. The Mineral Toothpowder was the first thing I tried and it is the only product I can speak to personally so far. But the brand’s philosophy aligns closely with the same whole-food, nutrient-dense approach that most people reading this site already care about.

This is the product I have actually used, so I want to be thorough about it.

I switched to the Mineral Toothpowder after 7 years of cycling through sensitive toothpastes, including Sensodyne, which I eventually stopped using because it seemed to make my sensitivity worse over time rather than better. That seems to be the case for a lot of people… desensitizing toothpastes mask the symptom without addressing what is causing it.

Akamai’s toothpowder works differently. From what I’ve read, it contains 72 bioavailable trace and, from their website, “macrominerals, including calcium montmorillonite clay and fulvic acid,” which are designed to remineralize tooth enamel rather than just coat over sensitivity. The idea is that you are rebuilding the tooth surface rather than numbing the nerve response.

And their product actually works.

My First Time Trying Their Powder

The first time their powder hit my tongue, I was caught off guard. The texture is, can I say, “powdery?” and slightly gritty, and the taste is distinctly earthy, like clay, which makes sense because it’s… clay. It does not taste like mint toothpaste and it does not foam. But it does have a minty undertone.

My actual jar of Akamai Toothpowder

Within the first few days of brushing, it was odd… but, by the end of the first week it felt normal, and now I find it genuinely refreshing. My teeth have never felt cleaner and I think it’s because my teeth are finally getting clean.

One Thing to Know

While the brand says it’s generally safe, I have older pipes, so as a personal precaution I spit into a tissue and toss in the trash. It’s better to be safe than get a $300 plumbing bill! And, is using a tissue each time environmentally friendly? No, but if I had a window in my bathroom that went to the ground, that’s where I’d spit.

Honestly, it’s such a minor adjustment and I don’t think about it anymore, but it is worth knowing before you start.

Results After Two Months of Use

My tooth sensitivity is gone. Literally, GONE! I can drink cold water without the sharp cold-jolt I used to get. My gums have stopped bleeding, even after going longer stretches without flossing than I should; hey, I’m not perfect. My teeth feel consistently clean and smooth and my mouth feels healthier.

My initial order lasted about 60 days and I’m already a month into my refill (they sell refill pouches too).

The same mindset that leads someone to buy a cold press juicer (paying attention to what you put in your body and choosing better ingredients over convenience) applies to toothpaste (or toothpowder) as well. Most oral care products are full of things you would not eat and your mouth is not a closed system.

Akamai is the second brand I’ve tried that made me feel like I was actually improving my oral health rather than just maintaining it. Blueprint by Bryan Johnson was the first.

But Akamai’s toothpowder is the reason I’m here, and it has earned enough trust that I plan to work through the rest of their line (as soon as I can).

If you want to give it a try, my link below gives you $7 off your first order. And if you’d like me to review more Akamai products faster, using my affiliate links to purchase also gives me $7 in store credit (at no extra cost to you)! It’s a win win situation.