Household Ingredients Compared › Toilet Roll Paper (Singapore)

Toilet roll paper: what's actually in it?

Format note: toilet paper has no ingredient list like food does. This page therefore adapts the format: instead of a verbatim ingredient list, each panel quotes the material/composition as printed (virgin pulp, recycled, bamboo, or a blend), plus the ply and sheet/roll claims as printed. Nothing here is a lab test — softness, strength and dissolvability claims are the brands' claims, quoted as such, not verified by this page.

This page does not give a health score, a softness ranking or a "best" pick, and it does not show prices (they change weekly).

The headline, in 30 seconds

Almost every mainstream roll panelled here claims 100% virgin pulp. FairPrice house brands, Pursoft, Kleenex, Vinda, Tempo, Softess and Premier all use that wording. Virgin pulp is the default, not the exception, on Singapore shelves.
Ply is not the whole story. Rolls range from 2-ply to 4-ply, but ply alone does not tell you sheet size, sheet count or thickness — a 2-ply roll with 500 sheets is a different product from a 4-ply roll with 200 sheets. Compare sheet count as printed, not ply alone.
Bamboo is the main alternative material. Naturesoft blends bamboo pulp with pure pulp (4-ply); pure-bamboo rolls are now panelled too — Cloversoft Unbleached Bamboo (3-ply and 2-ply, FSC, chlorine-free) and Bambooloo Premium White (3-ply, 100% virgin bamboo pulp), both added in the 5 November 2026 re-audit from Singapore online channels (Shopee SG / RedMart / eco-stores). Paseo also joins the virgin-pulp set (Butterfly 3-ply and 4-ply).
"OBA-free" and "FSC-certified" are the two extra claims to watch. OBA-free means no optical brightening agents; FSC means the fibre is claimed from responsibly managed forests. Neither changes the pulp type — they are additional claims on top of it.
Recycled-content rolls are surprisingly hard to verify on SG shelves. Secondary guides claim some Pursoft rolls are recycled, while Pursoft's own retail listings claim 100% virgin pulp — that conflict is flagged, not resolved, on this page. Do not assume a roll is recycled unless the pack says so.

At a glance — composition and ply as printed

Product	Material as printed	Ply	Sheet / roll claim as printed	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)
FairPrice Pure Soft Bathroom Tissue	100% virgin pulp	2-ply	30 rolls × 500 sheets (pack listing)	30 × 500 sheets	Malaysia
FairPrice Onwards Toilet Tissue Roll	100% virgin pulp	3-ply	Pack listing (see panel)	30 × 220 sheets	not stated
FairPrice SilkySoft Bathroom Tissue	100% virgin pulp, OBA-free	4-ply	24 rolls × 200 sheets	24 × 200 sheets	not stated
Pursoft Unscented Bathroom Tissue	100% virgin pulp, FSC, OBA-free	4-ply	200 sheets × 10 rolls (Cold Storage listing)	10 rolls × 200 sheets	Malaysia
Kleenex Ultra Soft Toilet Rolls	100% virgin fibre, FSC (secondary)	3-ply	See panel — sheet count varies by pack	20 × 190 sheets	Malaysia
Kleenex Soft & Thick (4-ply)	100% virgin pulp (brand pattern)	4-ply	20 rolls × 180 sheets (listing)	180 sheets per roll	not stated
Vinda Deluxe Smooth Feel	100% virgin wood pulp (brand statement)	3-ply	16 rolls × 250 sheets (listing)	20 × 230 sheets	not stated
Vinda Deluxe Embossed	100% virgin wood pulp (brand statement)	3-ply	16 rolls × 200 sheets (listing)	16 rolls × 200 sheets	not stated
Tempo Bathroom Tissue — Neutral	100% virgin pulp	4-ply	10 rolls, individually wrapped	10 rolls	Germany
Naturesoft Bamboo + Pure Pulp Rolls	100% pure pulp + bamboo	4-ply	See panel	not stated	China
Softess Premium Pure Virgin Pulp (Sheng Siong house brand)	Pure virgin pulp	3-ply	10 rolls (secondary listing)	10 rolls	not stated
Premier Deluxe Bathroom Tissue	100% virgin pulp fibres (secondary)	3-ply	30 rolls (secondary listing)	30 rolls	not stated
Cloversoft Unbleached Bamboo Toilet Tissues	100% unbleached bamboo pulp, FSC, chlorine-free	3-ply	10 rolls × 200 sheets	10 × 200 sheets (3-ply)	not stated
Cloversoft Unbleached Bamboo Toilet Tissues	100% unbleached bamboo pulp, FSC, chlorine-free	2-ply	10 rolls × 220 sheets	10 × 220 sheets (2-ply)	not stated
Paseo Butterfly Bathroom Tissue	100% pure pulp, Dermatest certified	3-ply	10 rolls × 200 sheets	10 × 200 sheets	not stated
Paseo Bathroom Tissue	100% pure virgin pulp, OBA-free	4-ply	200 sheets × 10 rolls	10 rolls × 200 sheets	not stated
Bambooloo Premium White Toilet Paper	100% virgin bamboo pulp	3-ply	220 sheets × 36 rolls	36 × 220 sheets	Singapore

Panelled with material/ply/pack claims as printed: 17 products (12 before this re-audit, 5 added 5 November 2026: Cloversoft Unbleached Bamboo 3-ply and 2-ply, Paseo Butterfly 3-ply, Paseo 4-ply, Bambooloo Premium White). Seen-but-not-verified: 7 entries below.

House brands

FairPrice Pure Soft Bathroom Tissue — 2 Ply

Pack size: 30 × 500 sheets · Made in: Malaysia (as printed)

As printed: 100% Virgin Pulp; Optical Brightening Agent Free. Origin: Malaysia (FairPrice listing).

The entry-level FairPrice roll: thinnest ply panelled here, but the largest sheet count per pack listing (30 × 500). That trade-off — lower ply, more sheets — is exactly why ply alone is a poor comparison. Virgin pulp 2-ply OBA-free

FairPrice Onwards Toilet Tissue Roll — 3 Ply

Pack size: 30 × 220 sheets · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As printed (secondary guide summarising the FairPrice listing): 100% virgin pulp, unscented, simple prints.

Onwards is the current FairPrice house-brand name for toilet rolls; older FairPrice house-brand rolls were sold as SilkySoft (below). Flag: the 100% virgin pulp wording here comes from a secondary guide, not a retrieved FairPrice ingredient/composition section — verify on the pack before publish. Virgin pulp (secondary) 3-ply Unscented

FairPrice SilkySoft Bathroom Tissue — 4 Ply

Pack size: 24 × 200 sheets · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As printed: 100% Virgin Pulp; ultra absorbent; Optical Brightening Agent Free. Pack listing: 24 × 200 sheets.

The premium FairPrice house-brand roll: highest ply, OBA-free, and described as "luxuriously soft, thick and ultra-absorbent" (brand wording, not a test result). Older FairPrice branding — check whether current stock still carries the SilkySoft name or has moved to Onwards. Virgin pulp 4-ply OBA-free

Softess Premium Pure Virgin Pulp — 3 Ply (Sheng Siong house brand)

Pack size: 10 rolls · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As printed (secondary guide): Pure virgin pulp, 3-ply, 10 rolls.

Softess is Sheng Siong's house brand. Flag: this panel rests on a secondary guide summary, not a retrieved Sheng Siong pack/composition section — verify on the pack before publish. Virgin pulp (secondary) 3-ply Via: Sheng Siong

Branded rolls — virgin pulp

Pursoft 100% Virgin Pulp Unscented Bathroom Tissue — 4 Ply

Pack size: 10 rolls × 200 sheets · Made in: Malaysia (as printed)

As printed (Cold Storage listing): 100% virgin pulp fibers; FSC Certified; 100% Pure Pulp; OBA Free. Pack: 200 Sheets × 10 Rolls. Origin: Malaysia (listing).

Conflict flagged: a secondary Singapore guide describes Pursoft bathroom rolls as "sourced from recycled materials", which contradicts Pursoft's own retail listing (100% virgin pulp). This page follows the retail listing and flags the guide's claim as conflicting — the pack must settle it. Do not present Pursoft as a recycled roll on the basis of that guide. Virgin pulp 4-ply FSC OBA-free Unscented

Kleenex Ultra Soft Toilet Rolls — 3 Ply

Pack size: 20 × 190 sheets · Made in: Malaysia (as printed)

As printed (secondary guides summarising Kleenex listings): 100% virgin fibre, FSC certified, unscented, clean weave embossment. Origin: Malaysia (guide).

Flag: the 100% virgin fibre / FSC wording here comes from secondary guides, not a retrieved Kleenex SG pack section — verify on the pack before publish. Kleenex's own global FAQ says its tissue is "nearly 100% virgin fiber" (facial tissue context), which is close but not identical wording. Virgin fibre (secondary) 3-ply FSC (secondary)

Kleenex Soft & Thick — 4 Ply

Pack size: 180 sheets per roll · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As listed (Cold Storage related listing): Kleenex 4ply Soft & Thick Regular, 20 × 180 sheets.

Panelled for ply/pack structure only; the material wording for this specific 4-ply variant was not separately retrieved, so it is not quoted as a pack claim here — it follows the Kleenex virgin-pulp pattern above, but that inference is flagged, not stated as a pack fact. 4-ply Pack: 20 × 180 sheets

Vinda Deluxe Smooth Feel Toilet Tissue — 3 Ply

Pack size: 20 × 230 sheets · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Brand statement (Vinda global): tissue products made of 100% virgin wood pulp. Listing: 16 rolls × 250 sheets.

Flag: the 100% virgin wood pulp wording is a Vinda brand-level statement, not a retrieved SG pack section for this exact Deluxe variant — verify on the SG pack before publish. Virgin wood pulp (brand-level) 3-ply

Vinda Deluxe Embossed Toilet Tissue — 3 Ply

Pack size: 16 rolls × 200 sheets · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Listing: 16 rolls × 200 sheets, embossed.

Same 3-ply Deluxe family as Smooth Feel, fewer sheets per roll (200 vs 250) and an embossed texture. Material wording as for Smooth Feel above — brand-level, to verify on the pack. 3-ply Embossed

Tempo Bathroom Tissue — Neutral (Unscented), 4 Ply

Pack size: 10 rolls · Made in: Germany (as printed)

As printed (FairPrice listing): made with 100-percent virgin pulp; premium quality 4-ply thickness; individually wrapped rolls; natural and fragrance free. Origin story: Germany, 1929 (brand statement).

Tempo is a Vinda-group brand; its SG listing stresses wet strength ("strongest wet strength, leaving no paper scraps") — a brand claim, not a test result on this page. Virgin pulp 4-ply Unscented

Naturesoft Bamboo and Pure Pulp Toilet Paper Rolls — 4 Ply

Pack size: not stated · Made in: China (as printed)

As printed (FairPrice listing): made with bamboo pulp and pure pulp; 100% pure pulp + bamboo, 4-ply; FSC certified. Origin: China (listing).

The only blended-material panel on this page: bamboo plus pure (wood) pulp, rather than 100% wood pulp or 100% bamboo. The listing also claims bamboo is a natural anti-bacterial agent and the paper is gentle on sensitive skin — brand claims, quoted as such. Bamboo + pure pulp 4-ply FSC

Premier Deluxe Bathroom Tissue — 3 Ply

Pack size: 30 rolls · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As printed (secondary guide): sourced from 100% virgin pulp fibres; 30 rolls, 3-ply luxury bathroom tissue.

Flag: secondary-guide wording only — no retrieved SG pack section in this pass. Verify on the pack before publish. Virgin pulp (secondary) 3-ply

Bamboo and Paseo — re-audit additions (checked 5 Nov 2026)

FairPrice's paper & tissue category lists Cloversoft and Paseo, but no composition section was retrieved for them in the first pass. Both are now panelled from Singapore online channels (Shopee SG official store, RedMart/Lazada brand page, Watsons SG), plus Bambooloo, a Singapore bamboo brand sold via eco-stores.

Cloversoft Plant-Based Unbleached Bamboo Toilet Tissues — 3 Ply and 2 Ply

Pack size: 10 × 200 sheets (3-ply) · 10 × 220 sheets (2-ply) · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As printed (Cloversoft Official Store, Shopee SG; RedMart/Lazada brand page): 100% Unbleached Bamboo pulp, FSC certified, chlorine-free, no harsh chemicals. 3-ply: 10 rolls × 200 sheets. 2-ply: 10 rolls × 220 sheets.

The first 100% bamboo roll panelled here that is not a blend: unbleached bamboo pulp (no chlorine bleaching), FSC-certified. Both ply variants share the same material claim; they are separate rows because ply and sheet count differ. 100% bamboo pulp FSC Chlorine-free Via: Shopee SG / RedMart

Paseo Butterfly Bathroom Tissue — 3 Ply

Pack size: 10 × 200 sheets · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As printed (Shopee SG listing): 100% Pure Pulp, renewable fibres from plantation wood, Dermatest certified. Pack: 10 rolls × 200 sheets.

Paseo's Butterfly range is the 3-ply virgin-pulp entry; "Butterfly" is the range name, not a material difference. Dermatest certification is a skin-compatibility claim, quoted as such. Virgin pulp 3-ply Dermatest Via: Shopee SG

Paseo Bathroom Tissue — 4 Ply

Pack size: 10 rolls × 200 sheets · Made in: not stated (as printed)

As printed (Watsons SG): 100% Pure Virgin Pulp, OBA-free. Pack: 200 sheets × 10 rolls, printed with marine-life designs.

The 4-ply Paseo variant: same virgin-pulp material as the 3-ply Butterfly, one extra ply, OBA-free, and printed (marine-life prints) rather than plain. Virgin pulp 4-ply OBA-free Via: Watsons SG

Bambooloo Premium White Toilet Paper — 3 Ply

Pack size: 36 × 220 sheets · Made in: Singapore (as printed)

As printed (The Hive Eco Store SG; Singapore guides): 100% virgin bamboo pulp, 3-ply, 220 sheets per roll, 36 rolls per pack, plastic-free packaging.

A Singapore brand (The Nurturing Co.) sold via eco-stores: 100% virgin bamboo pulp, not a bamboo/wood blend. The 36-roll pack is the largest pack format panelled on this page. 100% bamboo pulp 3-ply Plastic-free packaging Via: The Hive Eco Store SG

Little Farms — checked 6 Nov 2026: no additional products found

Little Farms (littlefarms.com) was checked for toilet roll paper in this pass. No toilet roll / bathroom tissue product was found on Little Farms in the searches run (the searches returned café/venue pages and unrelated bamboo-toilet-paper brands sold elsewhere, not a Little Farms grocery listing). That is a checked-and-none-found result, not an unchecked gap: if Little Farms later stocks a bathroom tissue range, it should be added as its own rows with pack composition. Do not infer a Little Farms house-brand roll from other grocers' ranges.

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Scott, Walch, Zappy, Botare, Kao, Elleair and other FairPrice paper & tissue brands — FairPrice's paper & tissue category lists these brands, but no composition/ply/pack section was retrieved for their toilet rolls in this pass. (Cloversoft and Paseo were panelled in the 5 Nov 2026 re-audit — see panels.) Zappy: FairPrice lists the brand, but no Zappy toilet roll composition was found — Zappy kitchen towels are 100% virgin pulp, which is a different product. Scott: only guide mentions (virgin pulp / Scott Extra) were found, no pack composition retrieved.
Bamboolove — Singapore brand, 100% FSC-certified virgin bamboo, ships only within Singapore; ply and sheet count were not retrieved in this pass, so it is not panelled.
Pure-bamboo rolls other than Cloversoft and Bambooloo — widely sold via Lazada/Shopee/Amazon SG, but no mainstream SG supermarket pack section was verified in this pass; do not merge online bamboo claims into the Naturesoft blended panel.
Recycled-content rolls — no SG pack verified as recycled in this pass; the Pursoft recycled claim in a secondary guide conflicts with Pursoft's own virgin-pulp listing (see panel).
Scented / printed / coloured variants of the panelled brands — scent and print variants may carry different claims; each variant needs its own pack check.
Giant / Sheng Siong / Cold Storage / Donki / Mustafa / Meidi-Ya / Le Petit Depot / RedMart toilet-roll ranges beyond the panels above — category pages were checked for brand names, but pack composition sections were not retrieved for most variants.
Wet toilet paper / flushable wipes — different product (wet wipes, with liquid ingredients); deliberately excluded from this dry-roll page.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

Nutrition information does not apply to toilet roll paper, and it is not printed for it. Toilet paper is not food or drink: it has no energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, sugars or sodium content to compare, and no Nutri-Grade. This page therefore does not invent, estimate or borrow any nutrition numbers, and it keeps comparing what the packs do print — material/ply/sheet count — exactly as before. The nutrition pass adds nothing numerical to this page, by design, and the material panels above are unchanged.

If a future version of this page adds a related paper product that does carry a printed composition claim (for example a wet wipe with liquid ingredients), that product would need its own section and its own pack source — it would not be merged into these dry-roll rows.

How to read a toilet roll pack — the jargon, in plain English

Virgin pulp / virgin fibre: Fibre from trees that have not been used as paper before, as opposed to recycled fibre from used paper. "Pure pulp" and "pure virgin pulp" are the same idea in different brand wording.
Recycled: Made from recovered paper fibre. A roll is only recycled if the pack says so — guides and shop descriptions are not a substitute for the pack claim (see the Pursoft conflict).
Bamboo pulp: Fibre from bamboo grass, not trees. A "bamboo + pure pulp" roll is a blend; a "100% bamboo" roll is not a blend. Read which one the pack states.
Ply: The number of layers in each sheet: 2-ply is two layers, 3-ply three, 4-ply four. More ply usually feels thicker, but ply does not state sheet size or sheet count.
Sheets per roll / rolls per pack: The actual quantity: e.g. 200 sheets × 10 rolls. Two packs with the same ply can contain very different total sheet counts — compare total sheets, not just ply or roll count.
OBA-free: Free of optical brightening agents — chemicals that make paper look whiter/brighter under light. OBA-free is a manufacturing claim, not a pulp-type claim.
FSC-certified: Forest Stewardship Council certification: the fibre is claimed to come from responsibly managed forests. It certifies sourcing, not softness or strength.
Embossed: Pattern pressed into the paper (e.g. weave or floral pattern). It affects texture and sometimes ply bonding, not the pulp type.

What this page is not

Not a lab test. Softness, strength, absorbency and dissolvability were not measured; brand claims are quoted as brand claims.
Not a softness ranking, and not a "best" pick. Ply and material as printed are not a ranking.
Not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; pack counts and compositions change less often, but still change.
Not complete. The brands in seen-but-not-verified are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: FairPrice product pages (Naturesoft, Tempo, Pure Soft, paper & tissue category brand list); Cold Storage listings (Pursoft 4-ply, Kleenex/Vinda related listings); secondary Singapore guides (Home & Decor, Best in Singapore) for Onwards, Softess, Kleenex Ultra Soft and Premier wording — all flagged as secondary where used; Vinda global brand statement for virgin wood pulp; Little Farms searches (no toilet-roll product found). Re-audit 5 November 2026: Cloversoft Official Store on Shopee SG and RedMart/Lazada brand page (100% unbleached bamboo, FSC, chlorine-free, 3-ply 10×200 and 2-ply 10×220); Shopee SG Paseo Butterfly 3-ply listing (100% pure pulp, Dermatest); Watsons SG Paseo 4-ply listing (100% pure virgin pulp, OBA-free); The Hive Eco Store SG and Singapore guides for Bambooloo Premium White (100% virgin bamboo pulp, 3-ply, 220 sheets × 36 rolls); Bamboolove SG site (100% FSC virgin bamboo — ply/sheet count not retrieved). Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Nutrition section added 5–6 November 2026: figures are standardised to per 100 g or per 100 ml where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a pack section could not be retrieved, the panel says so instead of presenting a guide summary as a pack fact.