Colour Care Powder - Soon to be gone?

[hoover8pulse]

Thing is though, it's the perfumes that cause the irritation. Fairy Non Bio and Persil Non Bio both smell pretty strong, both of which have made my brother itch, yet he is fine with Daz. In other countries, detergents not containing enzymes are normally at the budget end aren't they? But even then they will contain at least one.

I bet it did too. But P&G shouldn't have tampered with it, when Excel Gel was first launched it was really thick in consistency, cleaned really well and smelt lovely. When they reformulated it they made it runnier for some reason.

Pods are their flagship product now, but I don't like using them much because you can't alter the dosage and it makes washing almost 'too easy' if that makes sense.

 

[aquacycle]

in The Netherlands where my brother lives, they do a detergent called Neutral. It's a bio powder with all the usual ingredients, but it has no artificial preservatives, no scent and not optical brighteners. That is aimed at what is the Fairy market here in the UK.

 

[liamy1]

Yes,

As much as I love the pods, I have never seen them as a product you could use exclusively, as you say, not being able to alter the dosage means going through tons of them (which i suppose is the idea). And it is nice to have some interaction with the wash (dosing detergent and whatnot).

Exactly right on the non bio thing, over in the states they just don't exist really. For sensitive skin, there is the "free and clear" stuff, no dyes, perfumes etc. Tide, Cheer, All and many others do one. But they're all still enzymatic detergents. Even Dreft, which is marketed for babies laundry, still contains enzymes.

And in terms of low graders - Xtra, Era, Sun etc - all budget detergents, and as you say, will still contain an enzyme or two.

 

[hoover8pulse]

I've used Surcare in the past which was really good, it would be excellent if it had enzymes in it's formulation as it has no perfumes, dyes etc.

Thank you for knowing what I mean. It's not the same just chucking in a pod, I like to measure out powder and vary how much I add dependent on load size etc. and it's nice to have this interaction.

 

[spoodles]

Which? Best Buys

I see Which? have done a U-turn on liquids and awarded Persil Bio Small & Mighty a Best Buy status again. I'm a big fan of Persil Small & Mighty, I find it cleans brilliantly and I much prefer it to powder. I was sceptical about how whites would turn out, but honestly they are sparklingly clean with it. I still have powder that I use on whites now and again but I can't really say it's any better.

http://https//twitter.com/persiluk/status/748877995922763776

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Perhaps it is the Optical brighteners a lot of people are allergic to?

 

[hoover8pulse]

I've read up on Optical Brighteners before and quite a few people see them as an unnecessary additive to laundry detergent. I'm sure I read somewhere that they change the hormone balance in the body or something like that.

Here is some information on OB's: http://greencleaning.about.com/od/GreenCleaningResources/g/Optical-Brighteners.htm