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CVS Health

Latest four-week snapshot through 2026-07-23 · 3 waves. Use the controls above to change the window.

11%share of voice · 39 of 360 recommendation answers
0%named first in recommendation answers
89%positive tone · 194 of 217 coded mentions

Toothpaste · 3 waves · n=360 answers, pooled

By assistant

How often each assistant brings the brand up in recommendation answers.

assistantshare of voiceanswers
ChatGPT7%8 of 120
Claude20%24 of 120
Gemini6%7 of 120

Share of recommendations over time

Wave-by-wave share of recommendation answers that named this brand.

waveshare of voiceanswerschange
2026-07-2111%13 of 120
2026-07-2213%15 of 120+2 points
2026-07-239%11 of 120-4 points

What they call it

Recurring descriptions in the assistants' own words, grouped by theme.

In their words

213 exact quoted mentions in this snapshot, grouped by coded tone.

What they recommend

“These are often made by the same manufacturers as name brands, contain the same active ingredients (sodium fluoride or stannous fluoride), and cost significantly less.”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“Store brands (e.g., Walmart's Equate, Target's Up & Up, CVS Health, Kroger brand) – These are often literally made in the same factories as name brands and contain nearly identical formulas at a fraction of the cost.”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“store brand/generic toothpaste (Walmart's Equate, Target's Up & Up, CVS Health, Kroger brand, etc.) — these are often literally made in the same factories as name brands and contain the same active ingredients (fluoride) at a fraction of th”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“Store/generic brands (Walmart's Equate, Target's Up & Up, CVS Health, Kroger brand, etc.) – These are often made in the same facilities as name brands and contain the same active ingredients at a fraction of the price.”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“Store-brand/generic toothpaste (e.g., Walmart's Equate, Target's Up & Up, CVS/Walgreens brand) are often made by the same manufacturers as name brands, just without the marketing costs”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste

Where they hedge

“other store brands (like CVS Health, Kirkland Signature, Walgreens' brand, etc.)”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“comparing it to Tylenol, Advil, CVS Health, etc.”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“CVS Health / Walgreens brand – comparable generic OTC medications”
Claude · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“often worthwhile when there's a store promotion or coupon”
ChatGPT · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste
“Store promotions/coupons on brands like Target's up&up, Walgreens' Walgreens brand, CVS Health, or Kroger Health—these are not consistently cheaper than Equate, but can be during sales”
ChatGPT · 2026-07-23 · Toothpaste

The substitution map

Which competitors assistants suggest when shoppers ask for something cheaper.

CVS Health suggested as the cheaper alternative to
  • colgate ×35
  • crest ×34
  • sensodyne ×26
  • equate ×16
  • parodontax ×10
  • arm & hammer ×10
  • sensodyne pronamel ×6
  • up & up ×5

Where this comes from

4 of 131 mentions appear alongside an identifiable web citation. Citation does not establish causation.

cited sourcementions
cvs.com2
ndclist.com1
reddit.com1

Where they send you

Stores and sites assistants name as places to buy this brand.

retailermentions
CVS28

Method: fixed shopper questions asked repeatedly to Claude, OpenAI GPT and Gemini with web search on. Shares are the percentage of recommendation answers mentioning the brand. Quotes are AI outputs; full transcripts are kept as receipts.