These jumbo Power Pods (with more cleaning ingredients than two regular Pods) did an amazing job zapping stains from our Lab test swatches and are a great choice for families with lots of big loads of laundry to do. In our own at-home tests, white t-shirts and bedding washed in this Tide detergent emerged whiter than usual. To prove that it works, we had a consult with the manufacturer where a UV light was used to show that Tide Hygienic Clean left clothing cleaner than regular detergent. This formula from Tide helps brighten clothes without bleach too, so it's safe to use on even your boldest colors. It's formulated to better penetrate into fibers to dissolve and remove body oils and other nasties you may not even be able to see. That's where Good Housekeeping Seal star Tide Hygienic Clean comes in. You can learn more about how we test, which laundry detergent is best for your needs and how much laundry detergent you really need to get your clothes clean at the end of this article.Įven when your clothing and bedding look totally clean, there could still be body soils and stains trapped deep within your clothes. Here are our top laundry detergent picks to tackle every kind of mess and for every kind of load, based on our testing. After drying, each stain on the swatch is given a removal grade when viewed under standard lighting and with a spectrophotometer, and we calculate an overall score for each detergent.

After staining cotton, polyester and blended fabrics with 20 common but hard-to-remove stains, like blood and permanent ink, we wash the swatches in our test detergents in both warm and cold water. That's why we put them through a rigorous gamut of tests in our Lab.

All laundry detergents claim to remove stains, whiten, brighten colors and generally just be 'new and improved,' so it's difficult to know which really works best. There is always a constant stream of new ones coming our way, and we test dozens of new ones each year.

Laundry detergents are some of our most frequently tested products in the Good Housekeeping Institute Cleaning Lab.

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