Grab Green Automatic Dishwashing Detergent Pods, 24 Count, Thyme Fig Leaf Scent, Plant and Mineral Based, Superior Cleaning, Powerful Grease Removal

**Update in the comments section (page 2).** To say I'm impressed, is an understatement! I LOVE THIS DISHWASHING DETERGENT!!! Before I tell you about it, let me just say I'd almost buy it for its lovely smell of essential oils. You really can smell it as the dishwasher is running and when you open up the door, you just want to stand there for a little while and take in the beautiful scents! I've showed my friends this detergent and they, too, love the scent! They will stand there sniffing the bag and taking in the scents! I know, we're weird. I wish my whole house smelled like this all the time. As for my review, I was very skeptical it would clean when I saw the ingredients, because a couple of the ingredients are the same as BioKleen Automatic Dish Powder, Free And Clear 32 oz (907 g) . Biokleen left a horrible residue on all my dishes. I used vinegar in the rinse and that helped a bit, but overtime, we found the white powder was actually still on the dishes. Sound yummy to you? In case you're wondering what the ingredients are, let me list them for you, since at the time of this writing, Amazon does not list them: Soda Ash (Natural mineral water softener) Sodium Metasilicate (Natural mineral aids cleaning) Non-ionic Ethoxylate (Biodegradable cleaner + degreaser blend) Sodium Sulfate (Mineral cleaning agent) Sodium Citrate(Mineral derived from citrus used to aid cleaning) Sodium Percarbonate (Made from natural soda ash, it uses oxygen to remove stains + adds alkalinity to assist cleaning) Silica (Mineral based anti-caking agent) Sodium Iminodisuccinate (Biodegradable water softener) Sodium Polyaspartate (Biodegradable mineral rinse aid) Organic enzyme blend (Breaks down protein + starch based stains) **Fragrance contains essentials oils: thyme + violet leaf + sage Soda ash, sodium percarbonate, and sodium citrate are the ingredients in Biokleen that I was skeptical about with these pods. However, I do notice that this product has a mineral rinse aid, which is likely the reason we never see the white residue on our dishes, like we did with Biokleen. After much research, I have a theory as to why this product works so well over Biokleen and other "natural" dishwashing detergents I've tried (i.e. Seventh Generation was absolutely the WORST I've ever tried). I believe I have semi-hard water. I have read numerous reviews and articles that suggest many natural dishwashing detergents are made for those with soft water. Thus, if you have soft water, almost any of them will work just fine for you. However, those of us with hard water need one that softens the water as it cleans. If you look at the ingredients of this product, you notice it has a biodegradable water softener, which is the key for those of us with hard water. I don't know if this is true, but it certainly seems to be the answer for my dishwashing problems! If you don't mind, I'd like to share with you my brief story of dishwashing detergents. :) A while back, I was a faithful Melaleuca customer for about five years. I enjoyed their products during those years until I began to do some research on their product ingredients and became unimpressed with their logo, "The Wellness Company". So much for "wellness". Plus, they would not list their product ingredients for several of their products, like their dishwashing detergent I loved, and that concerned me. There were a few other reasons why I finally decided to end my membership with the company, but I haven't really missed it since. Before I ended my membership, I did stock up on a few products to use up my "bonus" money I had earned with their program. (If you've ever been with Melaleuca, you know what I'm talking about.) I had the bonus money, might as well use it up. For some reason, I decided to stock up on dishwashing detergent. I stocked up well enough for a good year's worth of detergent. Just before it ran out, I began looking for other natural dishwashing detergents. I don't remember the names of the ones I had used early on, but after several months of undesirable results, I almost gave up on finding one. I never realized how well Melaleuca's dishwashing detergent cleaned until I had my experience with several "natural" detergents that just didn't do the same kind of job as Melaleuca's. To say I was discouraged, is an understatement, because I did not want to go back to something like Cascade. If Melaleuca taught me anything about dishwashing detergents, I learned that Cascade eats through aluminum foil! Mmmm, that sounds yummy to eat food on your dishes with now doesn't it? :) As I mentioned, I had tried Biokleen, which was okay, but the residue was a big problem. After that, I tried Seventh Generation and wow, that was the worst I had tried! Not only did it do a terrible job of cleaning, it CAKED on the food, and made it more difficult to get off your dishes. We had to scrub to get it off. Might as well wash your dishes by hand to begin with! At this point, I began to miss Melaleuca for its dishwashing detergent! And that's where I come back to THIS lovely product!!! Not only did this product clean my dishes better than Melaleuca did (which I was impressed with theirs), but it also got off the CAKED on food from Seventh Generation! Remember, we had to scrub it off to remove the caked on food it would leave behind, but GrabGreen got it completely off and shining again in just a few washes! It even impressed my husband! He was on the verge of enrolling himself back into Melaleuca, getting the detergent stocked up, and then discontinuing our membership again. :) He was just as frustrated as I was, but not with this product! We are both thrilled with it! All that to say, if you've been as frustrated as I've been in finding a good dishwashing detergent with natural ingredients, I believe that you will LOVE this product! Whether you have hard or soft water, it appears this one is great for both! If you love beautiful scents to fill your home, here's one to fill your dishwasher! Haha! You may find yourself standing at the dishwasher, just smelling the air, knowing those dishes are getting squeaky clean! :)

I feel better using these. They clean very well and have a very pleasant smell. Fair price. Never had a problem with residue they dissolve well. Made with organic natural ingredients

I have tried others and sadly for a while went back to the bad name brand one with -YIKES- BLEACH! Ugh! But then I found the reviews for this product and it comes in PODS! YAY! YES, some of the pods are empty because the casing for each pod is very fragile. It has to be in order to dissolve in your water and do what it's supposed to do, peeps! :-) When all the intact pods (which is most of the container and I bought the BIG one) are all gone I'll use the remaining powder the old fashioned way. <insert sarcasm> OH MAN! THAT IS GONNA BE SOOOO HARD! ;-) I saw the reviews that many people's product came severely damaged and Amazon must have taken note of that too because my shipment came bubble wrapped as if it were fine china. It was actually quite funny but I understood why because I had read the reviews. Anyway, back to the product. So far about a dozen washes and have found no powder residue at all and very sparkly dishes! I'm very , very pleased with this product and feel really good that there is no longer any bleach residue on my clean dishes. Oh and I have a mediocre dishwasher (new but CHEAP) and I do not notice any lingering smell on my dishes. Update: September 2016 I still absolutely LOVE these little dishwashing pods by Grab Green! They are superb to any other I have ever used green or otherwise, including Casc*d* and any of the other mainstream ones. The pods recently got EVEN BETTER!! They are now using something different to house the detergent (ie the outer shell). It is shaped better for fitting in the dispenser better and they dissolve as well or the same. I've never had any trouble with mine dissolving except the last batch that was exposed to some moisture (my fault) and when they dried they hardened to cause them not to dissolve well but they still cleaned my dishes amazingly well. I was going to throw this dishwasher out to the curb (brand new and all) before this brand!! The only thing about this newer version is the packaging. Although it is more convenient the velcro seal doesn't stay sealed well unless you're very, very careful and when you've got kids that doesn't happen, let's face it. So...I use a very strong clip and roll it down to make sure they seal well and don't get damp. This is important in FL. It works great and I'm a very happy homemaker!

I have been using the Thyme w/ Fig Leaf scented detergent for a couple months now. Inconsistent is the first word that comes to mind. Sometimes my dishes will come out spotless. Other times my dishes (especially my glasses) will come with a very heavy white residue. I have not been able to figure out if it is something I am doing, if it doesn't work well after the dishwasher gets full, if it just doesn't perform well when bigger items (like pots and pans) are included. Lots of thoughts like these are circling through my mind and I will continue to research and not give up on this product. I like the idea of my dishes being cleaned by products that aren't hazardous to my health. I will update this review as I learn more about it but for now three stars. NEW UPDATE - 3/1/2012 - changed now to 4 stars************************ As I continue to experiment with this product, because I really want it to work well for me, I have discovered that I need to use some "rinse aid" if I want to heavily reduce that white residue which I was complaining about in my initial review. The rinse aid has significantly helped my dishes come out clean but does that defeat the purpose of using a healthy detergent if I am mixing it with Rinse Aid? My current theory is that there is such little rinse aid that makes it into a wash and then spread that across all my dishes that I should be ok. I do notice that some of my glasses, especially the ones I use to drink my homemade vegetable juices dont come out very clean. Anyone have any tips? Overall, I am now much happier with my thyme/fig grabgreen detergent now that I make sure that my "rinse aid" compartment is full.

I like using this product because it works best in my dishwasher. I can't use the other products with scents.

Dishwasher detergents, among many other things, are under-going a revolution in the United States. As the use of phosphates is reduced or eliminated, cleaning performance will decline unless a solution or alternative can be found. I've been a loyal Cascade user for many years but recently found the performance had declined with the non-phosphate formula. This led me on a quest to find something that works as well as Cascade and Electrosol used to work. I've never been a fan of "eco" products since they never seem to work as well as regular brands. If you have to use 2 or 3 times as much to get the same results, that is not environmentally friendly. I expect a lot from my dishwashing detergent. I refuse to pre-wash or rinse, that's why I have a top of the line dishwasher. The most I'll do is scrape off hard scraps or excess before putting a plate, pot, or pan, in the dishwasher. To make it tougher, since I'm single, I do not run the dishwasher until it's full, often 5 days. I've tried name-brands and "eco" brands (that could be found on a store shelf), and was never really fully satisfied. Enter Grabgreen which I found by accident on Amazon. To tell the truth, I didn't expect much since it was "eco" but thought the scent combinations sounded intriguing. My first experience using Grabgreen was on a very full load of dishes that had residue from one of my favorite cold-weather comfort foods, ham and beans. There was also mashed potato residue and some greasy stuff, etc. Some of the bowls and the cooking vessel, had been in the dishwasher for 4 days so the residual was very dried on and there were even a few beans here or there. The last time I used Cascade with this type of load, I filled both detergent cups and ran it on pots and pans cycle with heated wash and rinse options on. There was still some gritty residue on about a fourth of the load. Since I did not expect the Grabgreen to work I didn't bother with the heated options but did use the pots and pans cycle. I also put one packet in the silverware basket as well as in the detergent cup to provide the equivalent of filling both cups. While the dishwasher was running, I was able to detect some pleasant aroma but not as much as some other reviewers claimed. I smoked for 30 years and just recently quit so perhaps I just don't smell as well as they do. Now for the results. I opened the dishwasher fully expecting to have to rewash at least half of everything. As I pulled more and more CLEAN items out I actually started smiling which is something I never do when unloading a dishwasher. The flatware was clean, the pots were clean, plates, bowls, glassware, etc., were clean. Ok, not 100% were totally clean. I found 2 drinking glasses that had a little grit on the outside of them. SInce I hadn't expected the Grabgreen to work I'd loaded an item over the top of them which partially blocked the spray. Does Gragbreen get everything 100% clean 100% of the time? No, but not even the old Electrosol or Cascade formulations did either. The Grabgreen is now my dishwasher detergent of choice although at some point I need to finish using up six or eight other brands that I didn't care for. Unlike another reviewer, all of my packets arrived intact so I have no issues purchasing Grabgreen from Amazon on a regular basis.

These dishwasher pods work incredibly well and clean everything thoroughly. I love that they are eco-friendly and get the job done without any residue. Definitely my go-to choice now. Highly recommend!

I have an older dishwasher- one that typically goes into apts. I usually use Cascade Platinum - one pod that goes in with dishes that are still funky. Everything comes out clean. I do need a rinse aid because I have really hard water. Now when I tried this stuff I was having to run the loads twice because dishes were still dirty. I decided to try using two pods and this resulted in still dirty glasses, bowls, and stained coffee cups on the top rack, and clean, but covered in a film, dishes on the bottom rack. Currently, I am cutting open 3 pods (2 in the closed space and one in the open space) and using like powdered detergent which is getting things clean. However I cannot recommend this, unfortunately, because it’s not cost effective and it’s quite a hassle.

Este es el mejor detergente que he utilizado hasta el momento para mi lavavajillas. Es poco probable que deje manchas de comida. Con mi anterior detergente era desagradable el olor a huevo que terminaba en varios platos. EN cambio, los platos ya tienen un olor a fresco en el 95% de las veces. Espero que esté pronto de nuevo para volver a comprarlo!!!! No se pueden arrepentir de la compra. Mi esposa es muy estricta con el olor a los platos y este pasa la prueba sin problemas.

Product Review I recently switched to this detergent, and I couldn’t be more satisfied! From a quality standpoint, it is just as effective as other top detergents in removing grease and tough stains. However, what truly sets it apart is its natural formulation. Unlike many popular detergents that leave behind harmful chemical residues on dishes and utensils, this one ensures complete cleanliness without compromising the health of your family. Knowing that this detergent is safe and free from harsh chemicals gives me peace of mind, especially for long-term use. It’s a great choice for anyone looking to combine effectiveness with healthier, eco-friendly options. Highly recommended!

Excelente!!... limpia igual que el cascade platinum, huele súper rico, y claramente describe cada uno de los ingredientes que tiene (naturales todos). Espero que siempre lo tengan disponible porque no pienso volver a comprar cascade

These powder pouches pale in comparison to my Cascade Platinum hybrid pouches (gel + powder), but they still do a good job. I have to scrub everything down when I use these "green" pouches. When things are extra dirty (pots, stained glasses), I have to use the chemical pouches...

These work great. We'd been using the Seventh Generation gel in a new apartment and our dishes were really needing to be pre-washed before going through the dishwasher in order to actually get clean. I find that to be intolerable -- I'll just hand wash everything at that point. So we tried these based on the reviews and they work! The only time there has been anything left is when I threw in a dish that had been used for something starchy and then left for a few days, so that seemed reasonable. Will definitely be buying these regularly.