It's a dye free laundry detergent with a hardworking cleaner, an active stain remover, ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda, a laundry booster, a water softener, and a gentle fragrance. CERTIFIED SAFER FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

With no unnecessary chemicals, dyes or preservatives, it's powerfully simple, meeting EPA Safer Choice product standards to be safer for your family, your pets, and the planet. Learn about our sustainability efforts here.

The testers who tried out Arm & Hammer in their own homes said it did a good job of removing the stains that occurred during the testing period (pasta sauce, bright-coloured baby foods, dirt, sweat and breastmilk).

The only detergent with the cleaning & freshening power of ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda, our laundry detergent delivers the clean you need. Clothes are left powerfully clean and naturally fresh. It's designed to power out dirt and odors.

Adds extra cleaning and freshening power for tough household jobs. Works as a laundry detergent booster and as a household cleaner. It's not only an effective cleaner, it is an all-natural product.

Baking Soda is made of 100% Sodium Bicarbonate. Super Washing Soda is made of 100% Sodium Carbonate. While they sound similar, they are not the same. Both products can be used to improve liquid laundry performance for cleaner, fresher clothes.

The maker of Arm & Hammer laundry detergent is accused in a lawsuit of deceptively marketing its Clean Burst detergent with an environmentally friendly image of a blue cresting wave when the product actually contains toxic chemicals.

And while we're on the subject, a new washer and dryer set wouldn't hurt either!

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After washing, 79.6% (average) of cocoa stains still remained on its test strips. Both All and Arm & Hammer had trouble removing cocoa stains. Across all five tough stains, Tide left 52.1% (average) of staining behind. That makes it the best overall performer in this group of detergents.

One YouTube reviewer suggested Arm & Hammer – Clean Burst as a good alternative to Tide (which can be pricier), thanks to its fresh scent and ability to get clothes clean without adding boosters or bleaches.

Like washing soda, borax is also quite alkaline, though not quite to the same level as the other substance. Borax has been used for thousands of years to help launder clothes and clean surfaces because it also softens water in the same way washing soda does.

Whether added to soap or detergents, the benefits of borax for laundry are: Improving cleaning action by aiding in the emulsification of oils and oil dispersion. Preventing dirt from redepositing by increasing particulate surface charge so that soils and cloth repel each other.