Ingredients
Our ingredients, explained.
The ingredients in our laundry and dish powders, in plain words: what each one is, how to say it, what it does and which bags it's in.
Updated October 2026
What's in each product
Each ingredient and the job it does.
Laundry Powder
120 loads · 4 scents
- Washing SodaSoftens the water.
- Baking SodaHolds the wash at a steady pH.
- Epsom SaltPart of the mineral base.
- SoapberryHelps water lift dirt from fabric.
- EnzymesProtease, amylase and mannanase. Each works on one kind of soil.
Plus one essential oil in scented bags: lavender, lemon or peppermint oil. Unscented has none.
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Dishwasher Detergent
80 or 160 loads · Unscented
- Washing SodaSoftens the water.
- Sodium CitrateBinds hard-water minerals.
- Sodium PercarbonateReleases oxygen when it meets water.
- Sodium GluconateBinds hard-water minerals.
- Sorbitan CaprylateHelps water rinse away.
- Sodium PolyaspartateKeeps minerals from settling.
- Sodium SilicateAdds alkalinity to the wash.
- EnzymesProtease and amylase. Each works on one kind of soil.
- SilicaKeeps the powder free-flowing.
Enzyme Oxygen Laundry Booster
60 loads · Unscented
- Washing SodaSoftens the water.
- Sodium PercarbonateReleases oxygen when it meets water.
- Sodium GluconateBinds hard-water minerals.
- Sorbitan CaprylateHelps water rinse away.
- EnzymesProtease, amylase and mannanase. Each works on one kind of soil.
- SilicaKeeps the powder free-flowing.
In all three: washing soda, protease and amylase.
Minerals and water softeners
The mineral base of each powder, plus the salts that handle hard water so everything else can work.
Washing SodaSodium carbonateWashing soda, or sodium carbonate, is an alkaline mineral salt.
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Baking SodaSodium bicarbonateBaking soda is sodium bicarbonate.
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Epsom SaltMagnesium sulfateEpsom salt is magnesium sulfate, a mineral salt.
Laundry Powder
Sodium CitrateBinds hard-water mineralsSodium citrate is the sodium salt of citric acid.
Dishwasher Detergent
Sodium GluconateBinds hard-water mineralsSodium gluconate is the sodium salt of gluconic acid.
Dishwasher DetergentEnzyme Oxygen Laundry Booster
Sodium SilicateAdds alkalinity to the washSodium silicate is a compound of sodium, silicon and oxygen.
Dishwasher Detergent
Washing SodaSodium carbonate
Baking SodaSodium bicarbonate
Epsom SaltMagnesium sulfate
Sodium CitrateBinds hard-water minerals
Sodium GluconateBinds hard-water minerals
Sodium SilicateAdds alkalinity to the washOxygen booster
Releases oxygen when it meets water.
Sodium PercarbonateAn oxygen boosterEnzymes
Proteins that each break down one kind of soil.
ProteaseAn enzyme for protein-based soilsProtease is an enzyme that breaks down protein-based soils.
Laundry PowderDishwasher DetergentEnzyme Oxygen Laundry Booster- AmylaseAn enzyme for starch-based soils
Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch-based soils.
Laundry PowderDishwasher DetergentEnzyme Oxygen Laundry Booster - MannanaseAn enzyme for plant-gum soils
Mannanase is an enzyme that breaks down mannans, the plant gums used to thicken foods and many personal-care products.
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ProteaseAn enzyme for protein-based soilsSurfactants and soap plants
Help water wet surfaces and lift soil away.
SoapberrySapindus trifoliatus
Sorbitan CaprylateHelps water rinse awayHelpers
Keep minerals moving and the powder free-flowing.
Sodium PolyaspartateKeeps minerals from settling
SilicaKeeps the powder free-flowingEssential oils
One per scented bag. Unscented bags have none.
Lavender OilThe scent in Lavender Laundry PowderLavender oil is an essential oil from lavender flowers.
Lavender Laundry Powder
Lemon OilThe scent in Lemon Laundry PowderLemon oil is an essential oil from lemon peel.
Lemon Laundry Powder
Peppermint OilThe scent in Peppermint Laundry PowderPeppermint oil is an essential oil from the peppermint plant.
Peppermint Laundry Powder
Lavender OilThe scent in Lavender Laundry Powder
Lemon OilThe scent in Lemon Laundry Powder
Peppermint OilThe scent in Peppermint Laundry PowderSide by side
Questions we hear a lot.
- Washing Soda vs Baking SodaWashing soda (sodium carbonate) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) are related, but they aren't the same.
- Oxygen Booster vs Chlorine BleachAn oxygen booster like sodium percarbonate and chlorine bleach are different chemicals.
- Powder vs Pods vs LiquidHow the three formats compare, and why we chose powder.
- Washing Soda vs BoraxTwo laundry powders from the same aisle, and how they differ.
- Laundry Soap vs DetergentThey clean in different ways, and hard water shows it.
Seen what's inside?
Every bag is made with simple, minimal ingredients. Buy any 3 bags and an Enzyme Oxygen Laundry Booster comes free.
