✨ Nellie’s: Concentrated dishwasher powder. Phosphate-free and septic-safe.

🍃 Ingredients (as listed by Nellie’s): sodium chloride (salt), sodium carbonate (washing soda), citric acid, sodium sulfate, sodium percarbonate (oxygen bleach), sodium metasilicate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium silicate, protease (an enzyme).

✅ The Good: Mostly minerals and citric acid, plus an enzyme that breaks down food.

💚 Progress Over Perfection: Cocamidopropyl betaine is a lab-made cleanser from coconut oil. Sodium metasilicate is a strong alkaline mineral that can irritate skin and eyes, so keep it away from kids and pets. Nellie’s calls this a plant-based formula, but most of the list is minerals.

📦 Packaging: Tin, also sold in pouches and buckets.

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