Has Modern Powdered Tide Changed

[Unimatic1140]

I did nine wash loads today in the Super Unimatic which is being designed to make and handle lots of suds, for all that wash I used three different detergents, 1953 Surf, 1958 Rinso and 2005 Tide, but for some reason this modern box of Tide didn't create that much suds. Rinso and Surf created lots of suds, that rinsed right away, but Tide seemed weak and produced maybe 1/2 the amount of suds as the vintage detergents. Have they modified regular non-HE Tide to make it less sudsy, like Tide HE???? We have relatively soft water here and Tide has always been a big suds maker in the past.

 

[appnut]

I dunno, I don't use Tide because of all the suds.

Nice to see the Pink Ladys. Thanks for dating the Rinso Blue, that was my very earliest memory of detergent being brought in the car from shopping, that would have made me 4 y/o. Wasn't allowed to carry the Clorox, it was in a glass bottle.

 

[DADoES]

I haven't used regular Tide in *years*. Tide Coldwater gives me more suds than Gain, but less than Mexican Ariel.

 

[westytoploader]

Interesting...while regular Tide doesn't produce as much suds as Gain or any Mexican detergent, it's still high-sudsing, IMHO. I saw that it was Tide Free, without any perfumes or dyes, but I don't think that would have any effects on the sudsing...

I've always been a fan of regular Tide w/Bleach...try a box of that and see what happens.

--Austin

 

[bostonwash]

I hope it is. It is better for the environment not to make so many suds.

Interestingly enough, my box of 1953 Surf DIDN'T offer the Free tube of Pepsodent, like yours. It definately creates suds, though, like any box of 1/2 century old box of detergent that you would buy at your local grocery store.

 

[gyrafoam]

Tide is not the high sudser it used to be. Back in the fifties and sixties it created choking suds, along with Cheer, Fab,Duz, Breeze, Wisk, Rinso, Oxydol, and oh yeah----Super Suds! Oh those memories of suds-lock!

 

[peterh770]

Yes, they difinitely changed Tide to be less sudsy. And Gain. And Cheer. And even the Lever detergents are less sudsy (Surf/All and Wisk). This goes for both liquids and powders.

I use the dregs of discarded detergent bottles to mop the floors at the laundromats. About the time that Gain got a new "freshwash" scent (about 2 years ago now?) is about the time that the suds were reduced. About 2 ounces of liquid detergent in 4 gallons of water start out sudsy, but they quickly dissapate. Fab has never been a big sudser. Dreft is still a big sudser.

Purex, Arm & Hammer/Xtra and Sun are still the super sudsers they have always been.

 

[Cybrvanr]

TIDE free has been designed to be less sudzier. I've used that too, and it even works great in horizontal-axis machines. Regular tide, Tide with Bleach, etc still have the same classic amount of suds though!

 

[Unimatic1140]

I'll have to try Tide with bleach again, but I remember I didn't like the scent. Thank goodness for vintage detergents, making lots of good old sudsy action and such wonderful light fragrances.

 

[gansky1]

I bought one of those tanker-truck size bottles of Tide HE liquid - original scent at the warehouse club a while back. You know the bottle, so big and heavy it needs casters and has that silly measuring cup that is constantly a drippy, gooey mess. If you're using a modern HE washer, there's no running water to rinse out the cup making matters even worse. I've also noticed it seems to be MORE sudsy than it used to be a few months ago, I think I remember someone telling me Tide was changing that formula to be more sudsy, which seems an odd decision. The scent is different too, not as fresh smelling. This will be the last bottle of this I buy, but then, I probably won't ever run out anyway!

I use vintage detergent for mostly lightly soiled things but find I get better cleaning of really grungy and kid-dirty clothes with modern detergents.

 

[launderess]

Well this would explain why Tide Coldwater is not a "sudsy" as other versions of Tide. Maybe P&G finally realised it is no longer the 1940's and 50's, housewives do not need to be convinced detergents are working by mounds of suds like when using soap. P&G also may be adjusting their product line to take into account the ever stingy water usage of even top loading washers. Without over flow and one or perhaps two deep rinses (with a few spray rinses thrown in for good measure), it is near impossible to get a clean rinsed laundry from many Tide detergents.

Would be thrilled if Tide Free and Clear powder is now as low sudsing as Tide CW, will have to wait until can find it on sale and see.

Launderess

 

[gyrafoam]

Peter-----

I'll have to dissagree about "Fab has never been a big sudser". When Fab hit the market back in the sixties it most certainly was a HIGH sudser. My best friends mother tried for years to choke her Maytag Highlander to death with it,that poor machine never saw a first spin without suds-lock, and I can remember a neighbor whose Whirly always had a Fab suds cake pushing up the lid to escape. I'm glad the new formulae is low sudsing as I really like it. It cleans really well for a detergent that is almost always low priced.

AND I did get a bag of "Viva" last week and have been trying it out. It does has the potential to get sudsy, but not too bad, the Highlander is not suds-locking. Smells GREAT and cleans well. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[gyrafoam]

Oh yeah, and I noticed the other day they have made some changes to "Cheer". Now available in and a new scent.