aquacycle
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For info, Unilever Persil is sold outside of the UK, Ireland, France, Latin America and New Zeland as Omo.
Persil History Thread - Info/pictures/videos appreciated!
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launderess
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"But "Since those early days, the brand name Persil has caused some confusion. In 1909, the English firm of Joseph Crosfield acquired the patent rights and trademarks of Persil for the United Kingdom and various British, Dutch, and Danish colonies. Crosfield was later absorbed by Lever Brothers, which in turn became part of Unilever. Today both Henkel and Unilever continue to market a product named Persil. In Western Europe, for example, Unilever owns the trademark Persil in Britain and France, while Henkel has Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, and Denmark."
Persil was such a success at its introduction that Henkel felt it was a wiser decision to license off the formula, patents, and so forth for the UK market than incur the expenses of building new plants and distribution.
Post WWII Lever Bros/Unilvever and Henkel largely have gone two separate ways when it comes to Persil. The UK is the only place you find "non-bio" Persil detergents marketed as a top shelf offering. Elsewhere the German/Henkel versions tout their enzymes as part of what makes Persil (or whatever name it is called in a particular market), a great detergent.
Posted previously by, Moi.
"But "Since those early days, the brand name Persil has caused some confusion. In 1909, the English firm of Joseph Crosfield acquired the patent rights and trademarks of Persil for the United Kingdom and various British, Dutch, and Danish colonies. Crosfield was later absorbed by Lever Brothers, which in turn became part of Unilever. Today both Henkel and Unilever continue to market a product named Persil. In Western Europe, for example, Unilever owns the trademark Persil in Britain and France, while Henkel has Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, and Denmark."
Persil was such a success at its introduction that Henkel felt it was a wiser decision to license off the formula, patents, and so forth for the UK market than incur the expenses of building new plants and distribution.
Post WWII Lever Bros/Unilvever and Henkel largely have gone two separate ways when it comes to Persil. The UK is the only place you find "non-bio" Persil detergents marketed as a top shelf offering. Elsewhere the German/Henkel versions tout their enzymes as part of what makes Persil (or whatever name it is called in a particular market), a great detergent.
aquacycle
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The UK is the only place you find "non-bio"
The UK and Ireland is one of few places in the world where you can still find non-bio, mainly because of the British press causing hysteria by bending the facts (something they're still doing). During the development of biological detergents at the Lever Bros plant in Port Sunlight, many of the staff came down with rashes and coughs/colds due to the dust coming off of test batches. These batches never made it to the market. When the press got hold of this, it was everywhere and even to this day has instilled a notion that non-bio is somehow better for sensetive skin. In reality, the enzymes have little to no links to skin irritation whereas various synthetic perfumes and scent boosters (such as benzyl salicylate) used in laundry detergents are known skin irritants. Many European countries sell sensitive, biological detergent which have little to no scent, for example Neutral sold in The Netherlands.
Persil Non-Bio, especially the powder, is still a good detergent. Afer all, it was all we had before the introduction of New System Persil in 1983. However it's not as effective at lower temperatures and tends to work better for hot and boil washes.
The UK and Ireland is one of few places in the world where you can still find non-bio, mainly because of the British press causing hysteria by bending the facts (something they're still doing). During the development of biological detergents at the Lever Bros plant in Port Sunlight, many of the staff came down with rashes and coughs/colds due to the dust coming off of test batches. These batches never made it to the market. When the press got hold of this, it was everywhere and even to this day has instilled a notion that non-bio is somehow better for sensetive skin. In reality, the enzymes have little to no links to skin irritation whereas various synthetic perfumes and scent boosters (such as benzyl salicylate) used in laundry detergents are known skin irritants. Many European countries sell sensitive, biological detergent which have little to no scent, for example Neutral sold in The Netherlands.
Persil Non-Bio, especially the powder, is still a good detergent. Afer all, it was all we had before the introduction of New System Persil in 1983. However it's not as effective at lower temperatures and tends to work better for hot and boil washes.
launderess
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Enzymes perform many of the same functions as bleaches
That is they break up and remove stains. Take them away and you are left with pretty much the Persil and other detergents of old; requiring strong dosages of bleaches to shift stains.
That is they break up and remove stains. Take them away and you are left with pretty much the Persil and other detergents of old; requiring strong dosages of bleaches to shift stains.
aquacycle
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The difference being that enzymes can work more effectively that bleaching agents in lower temperatures. Plus, depending on the enzymes used, some stains would be difficult to shift with bleaching agents - especially food stains like ketchup or curry.
spoodles
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A lot of Unilever's Omo/Skip/etc... "Sensitive" detergents around the World are pretty much identical to Persil Non-Bio, they just don't call it non-bio outside the UK. It's not just in Europe, Australian Omo Sensitive is enzyme free.
My box of dishwasher tabs reads something like: Caution product contains Protease - may cause allergic reactions.
I also remember an older issue of Ökotest, the green version of a consumers magazine in Germany. Many of the most potent washing powders have been criticized for their potential to trigger allergies due to very high contents of protease or subtilisin.
We`ve got detergents for sensitive skin that either contain no enzymes at all, with enzymes but non of the protein attacking type but most of them contain the whole range of enzymes. I suppose the amount of protease used in mainland EU sensitive detergents is less compared to regular ones. So I guess non bio in the UK isn`t just about hysteria.
I also remember an older issue of Ökotest, the green version of a consumers magazine in Germany. Many of the most potent washing powders have been criticized for their potential to trigger allergies due to very high contents of protease or subtilisin.
We`ve got detergents for sensitive skin that either contain no enzymes at all, with enzymes but non of the protein attacking type but most of them contain the whole range of enzymes. I suppose the amount of protease used in mainland EU sensitive detergents is less compared to regular ones. So I guess non bio in the UK isn`t just about hysteria.
hoover8pulse
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spoodles
When I was in Poundworld the other week, they had 'Skip Active Clean' from France which was in a blue box, identical to Non Bio Persil and it smelt the same, but it listed enzymes in the ingredients.
When I was in Poundworld the other week, they had 'Skip Active Clean' from France which was in a blue box, identical to Non Bio Persil and it smelt the same, but it listed enzymes in the ingredients.
spoodles
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Skip Active Clean is like Persil Bio, but in blue packaging instead of green. They also have a green one called Fresh Clean which just has a different scent. Their sensitive (non-bio) version is like the old Persil Aloe Vera we used to have here, in pale green packaging.
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