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When buying a dishwasher, the user must acquire special means for washing dishes and softening water. Despite the fact that chemistry is regularly used during cleaning and washing, not everyone trusts its composition and promises of the manufacturer to the end. How to choose a safe and environmentally friendly dishwasher detergent, you will learn in the article.
Which dish detergent to choose
Natural-based powders are increasingly being chosen. The manufacturer convinces us of efficiency, safety, environmental friendliness. Is it really? The answer lies on the back of the package.
Carefully read the composition of the detergent you are going to buy. The Eco Guarantie and ECO Control badges confirm the environmental friendliness of the product.
What requirements do products with the Eco Guarantie designation meet:
- organic, biodegradable raw materials are used;
- no testing on animals;
- non-toxic;
- does not contain petroleum products;
- not irradiated for disinfection.
At the same time ECO Control:
- without additives of animal origin;
- without preservatives;
- safe, according to dermatological studies.
Consider the most famous environmental means.
Finding the Best PMM Tool
The detergents listed below are great for washing dishes in the machine. But is their composition as environmentally friendly as the manufacturer claims?
ecodoo
French line of dishwasher products.
- Natural salt evaporated in the sun. It is used for all types of machines, allows you to get rid of limescale and soften water. Does not contain dyes. The cost of packaging 2,5 kg from 900 rubles.
- Tablets do not contain petroleum products, based on minerals, fully biodegradable. Without chlorine and other harmful substances. Conveniently dosed. Price from 1000 rubles.
- The gel is economically consumed due to its high concentration. Environmentally friendly composition, works at low temperature.
- rinse aid. The natural composition helps to give the plates a shine: water, citric acid, alcohol, glycerin.
My bio
The 7-in-1 tablets have everything you need, so you don’t have to worry about buying salt or rinse aid. Provide a pleasant smell after washing, because the composition contains essential oils of eucalyptus. Effective even at low temperatures. Do not contain fragrances, phosphates. Received the Certified organic quality certificate.
Cost from 300 rubles.
Clear
The German brand produces harmless high concentration washing tablets. They remove dried food and plaque from tea and coffee. At the same time, Klar is completely odorless, which is good for allergy sufferers and asthmatics. The composition includes enzymes grown from microorganisms. Only mineral and vegetable components. Recommended by DAAB Germany.
Manufacturers recommend the additional use of Klar salt and rinse aid. Since the product is concentrated, half a tablet can be used in one cycle.
Cost from 800 rubles.
The entire Klar line is free of fragrances, phosphates and petroleum products.
Ecover
Natural eco products from Belgium. The company produces tablets, rinses, salt and powder. Made on a plant and mineral basis, do not contain chlorine and petroleum products. Completely Bio – decompose in nature.
The price of the package is from 800 rubles.
Almawin Bio
Universal tablets are suitable not only for cleaning appliances, but also for the dishwasher itself. Completely natural and biodegradable base. Ingredients including: soda, sodium citrate, oxygen bleach, enzymes, essential oils. Without chlorine and fragrances.
Cost from 600 rubles.
Sodasan
German manufacturer series. Both tablets and powder are available. The latter is very concentrated, so it lasts for a long time. Users are not very satisfied with the washing results, although the Sodasan composition is environmentally friendly. Odorless, phosphate, chlorine free. Contains vegetable surfactants, ECOCERT certified.
Price from 700 rubles.
If you choose to use household chemicals, it will be useful to know what experts think about it. This rating does not represent ecological (at the request of the manufacturer), but ordinary dishwasher products.
Specialist rating
Now we will present the powders and gels according to the safety rating, according to laboratory studies.
Standard Summons
86 points out of 100 on the safety scale.
“Somat” is available in the form of powder and tablets, manufactured in the Saratov region. It is well washed off from dishes, meets sanitary-epidemiological and hygienic requirements. The composition indicates the content of nonionic surfactants, but not a word is said about anionic surfactants. The examination revealed the presence of anionic surfactants instead of nonionic ones.
After three rinses, it turned out that the quality of Somat rinsing is 13,8% (AS) and 0% (NS). The washing efficiency is low – 88 points out of 100.
Finish Power Powder
The powder is produced in the city of Klin. During the study, the same problem was identified as with Somat. In the composition, instead of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants are indicated. Qualitatively washes away pollution, surfactant washout 32% of the permissible level, nonionic surfactants – 0%.
Finish scored 98 out of 100 for efficiency and 68 for safety.
Fairy Platinum
Belgian-made capsules meet hygienic standards. It is known that “Fairy” copes well with pollution, therefore it receives 99 points for efficiency. After three rinses, the level of surfactants was 42%, and nonionic surfactants – 0%.
Safety is only 58 points out of 100 possible.
Frau Schmidt
Tablets “All in one” made in Germany meet the safety requirements, but receive only 60 points out of 100. Rinsing after three rinses – 40% surfactants and 0% surfactants. Washing efficiency – 95 points.
So, surfactants are found in all detergents. But non-ionic surfactants are less aggressive to the human body than surfactants, and also have 100% degradability in nature. The manufacturers of all studied products kept silent about the content of anionic substances. Thus, the buyer was misled.
Expert opinion: the use of surfactants is much cheaper than more gentle nonionic surfactants, so they can be replaced. Manufacturers deliberately keep silent about this fact. You have the right to decide what to choose – efficiency or environmental friendliness.
In our rating, the Somat powder turned out to be the safest. If you use powders and gels according to the instructions, then you have nothing to worry about, because the rinsability of the substances corresponds to the level of safety.
Do-it-yourself detergent
If you want a completely natural powder, without any surfactants and preservatives, then prepare it yourself.
Important! You need to use homemade tools very carefully so as not to harm the equipment.
- take 0,5 cups of mustard and borax;
- 1 glass of soda ash.
Instead of rinse aid, you can add 9% apple cider vinegar, then the dishes will shine and creak from cleanliness.
Another recipe also uses part of the soda and mustard powder, instead of borax – citric acid. Do not immediately add a lot of powder, otherwise white stains will remain on the devices. Store in a closed bag in a dark place.
Which detergent to choose is up to you. Carefully study the composition before buying, because over time, harmful substances accumulate in the body. We wish you a good choice!