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Non of Aldi's laundry, cleaning or cosmetic products have been tested on animals, they also pay their staff a fair wage and only source food stuff from suppliers that use non bee killing pesticides.

From this Thursday they'll have 100 wash boxes of Almat for £7.99 ! Stock up while the offer lasts guys!!! ;-)
 
I thought the reason for labelling certain scent ingredients in the EU is to give allergy sufferers a better chance to spot whatever is listed in their allergy passport. There`s a lot of stuff in scents to be found which could be considered even more "harmful" but doesn`t need to be listed because it doesn`t typically trigger allergies.

As to dioxane this has never been an "ingredient" in detergents but an unwanted byproduct.
The German consumer magazine Warentest found high levels of dioxane in shampoos as early as in the mid 1980s. All manufacturers responded the problem quickly by altering the production process. AFAIK dioxan in sufactant based products has never been a problem again here.
I suppose Tide is a little late to the party if they still haven`t got this right by now.
 
paulc

That's an excellent price Paul, I wish they would have the Blueberry 2in1 powder in again, loved that one! The bio powder I bought the other day (£.39 for 40 washes) seems to work a lot better than when I last tried it, noticed the oxygen bleach has dropped from 15-30% to 5-15% which makes it an excellent all round detergent.

The Ancosoft Conditioners are lovely too. The concentrate one smells gorgeous as does the dilute version which during use is almost a novelty because so much of it is needed as opposed to the tiny amounts needed now!
 
Tide

It was only in the last year or 2. So yes very late.

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Procter & Gamble Defends Against Claims that Tide Detergents Contain Carcinogens

Last year, in its Dirty Secrets report, environmental group Women's Voices for the Earth sent 20 different cleaning products out to an independent lab to find out what, if anything, the products contained beyond the ingredients listed on their labels. The results included a number of surprising...
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I don`t know if it was in the media in the UK when IKEA was in a big mess as their top selling Billy bookcases were discovered to gas out huge amounts of formaldeyde. Also must have been decades ago, I don`t remember exactly when it was. Anyway they addressed the problem immediately and you never heard anything negative like that again.
That is how European companies usually handle those things.
American companies seem to prefer to tell their customers there is no risk for their health and just go on manufacturing the product unaltered. And they get away with it !
It doesn`t surprise me at all that CETA and TTIP is not so popular within most of European`s population.
 
Snap I use BigGreenSmile too. I use a lot of Faith in Nature shampoos and conditioners etc and I also buy a lot of Meet The Bulldog products too. I am a fan of Astonish and Method products BUT wish they would emit the optical brighteners out of the liquid as I rather not use them. I do use Ecover Delicate and find its good. I don't know how Ecover bio liquid washes compared to Persil? I cant stand Unilever or Procter and Gamble for numerous reasons: They wont tell you whats in their products, Animal testing, Environmental and lack of care towards the consumer i.e. using known carcinogens.
 
liberatordeluxe

You do know Ariel is made by P&G right?

I use a lot of Man Cave products ( available in Sainsbury's) , I also like Faith in Nature and Suma shampoo. I also use Neals Yard stuff occasionally, I get a discount as my sister's a sale consultant for them, even still, it's dear stuff.
 
I do try and use LUSH Products when I can, but as there isn't a store near me I don't go there often. Plus they are quite expensive too but they are lovely.

I've used Method laundry liquid which is very good, but I find I can't use it all the time.
 
liberatordeluxe

P&G Make -- Ariel, Daz, Bold, Fairy, Lenor, Flash, - in fact way too many to list

Unilever is Persil, Surf and Comfort

Detergent type wise, Reckitt Benckizer only make Vanish.
 
Thanks

PaulC, forgot all about Woolite.

I know they make a lot of everyday brands, namely Dettol, Cillit Bang and Finish (along with many, many others).

To be honest, companies now make so many product lines, and even own other companies. So it can become nigh on impossible to avoid them in absolutely everything.

EG, BodyShop is cruelty free, however, they are owned by L'Oreal....

Also, Marks and Spencer are cruelty free for cleaning products, but there is ingredients in their products, that appear in main brand products that will have been animal tested (although granted this could have been at any time in the past).

IMO, the main thing to be changed is the regulations and laws that require products (that have already been tested) to be tested again, just unnecessary.
 
Formil

Yes, according to gorenge (on the thread below). Formil is made by Reckitt Benckiser

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Detergent Stash (March 2012)

Heres mine (from left) Ariel Ultra (90s refill tin), Formil Biological Powder (Lidl) Daz Tablets Almat Biological Tablets (ALDI) Persil Non Bio (powder) Bold 2in1 Gel (white diamond and Lotus Flower) Formil Bio Liquid (Lidl) Almat Bio Liquid 2 x Concentrate (Aldi) Softeners Lenor Spring...
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In the UK, Germany and most of Europe (if not all of Europe), Formil powders and liquids are made by Dalli Werke (Win Cosmetic). Powders - in Germany (Stolberg plant), Austria (Warth plant) and now in Romania (Timișoara plant, acquired from P&G); liquids - in the Netherlands (Hoensbroek plant).
Additionally, most of Lidl's cleaning products and cosmetics are manufactured by Dalli.

This manufacturer is Europe's second-largest in private label sector after McBride, but the quality they offer is superb. In fact, I don't really like McBride's products; Dalli's are much better.

Several years ago (I think 2013) Reckitt-Benckiser closed their private label division called Propack.
 

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