For the effectiveness of household chemicals, people have to pay with their own health. Most inexpensive detergents contain components that trigger allergic reactions. We will find out if there are laundry detergents on the market for allergy sufferers, what is their composition and which brands produce them.
How to recognize allergies to washing powders?
Allergies to synthetic detergents (SMS) are not immediately recognized by many. Usually a specific reaction of the body is associated with food or medicine. It takes a long time until the allergen is identified. Given the massive use of household chemicals in our lives, we should think about it if one of the family members has signs of allergy.
Traditional symptoms of SMS allergies:
- Redness and itching of the skin. In allergic children, a red rash appears on the face, back, and ankles.
- The appearance of small vesicles resembling urticaria. Rarely, lesions resemble eczema.
- If the powder enters the respiratory tract during dosing, coughing, sneezing, and lacrimation appear.
- Rare reactions are suffocation, Quincke's edema, and even anaphylactic shock.
SMS cause not only allergies. The harmful substances that they contain accumulate over time in the body and can lead to diseases of the liver and kidneys. This is especially dangerous for young children - their excretory system is under development and cannot fully detoxify.
What causes allergies and how to avoid it?
Most domestic chemicals do not meet global environmental standards. Most CIS countries continue to use phosphates for SMS production, which, by softening the water, enhance the effect of washing. These substances are dangerous to all living things.
Along with phosphate, allergies can be caused by:
- dyes;
- tensides (surfactants);
- perfumes;
- enzymes;
- optical brighteners.
Hypoallergenic powders should not contain any of the above components. Due to the lack of traditional components, safe SMS remove pollution worse than conventional inexpensive analogues.
A reaction to SMS components can be observed with:
- direct contact - with hand wash;
- with poor rinsing;
- when inhaling SMS particles when falling asleep in a cuvette of a washing machine;
- improper storage of household chemicals - for example, with open packaging.
How to choose the best allergy-free detergent?
When choosing a detergent for newborns, young children and allergy sufferers, pay attention to such points:
- Lack of phosphates.
- Fragrances - a minimum, and better - a complete absence.
- Price is not a measure of quality - unsafe products are often quite expensive.
- Today, phosphate-free and hypoallergenic powders are mainly foreign brands. German and Japanese SMS are especially popular among health-conscious consumers - their own and their family.
Using any SMS, remember:
- Follow recommended doses.
- If a lot of foam forms during washing, you are using a low-quality product.
- In high-quality powder products, there should be no sticky granules.
- If you use children's hypoallergenic powder, but are not sure of its quality, use an extra rinse during washing. Dry and ventilate the laundry well, keeping it in the fresh air for several days. If laundry is drying indoors, it must be constantly aired.
Safe Powder Rating and Consumer Reviews
The market has a lot of washing powders and gels, which, according to the manufacturer, do not cause an allergic reaction. The following is a list of products in high demand among consumers.
Burti Baby Liquid - for the smallest
Besfosfatny gel with extra soft action. It does not cause allergies. Carefully cares for children's things. Manufacturer - Germany. The price of 1.5 liters - from 360 to 650 rubles.
Benefits:
- it is easily rinsed from tissue fibers;
- qualitatively washes at 30-60 ° C;
- does not cause irritation to children's skin;
- excellent smell, light and unobtrusive;
- things after washing are very soft, no need to use conditioners;
- can be used from the first days of a child's life;
- approved by dermatologists.
Burti Baby Liquid has one drawback - the price. But given that this is a concentrate, the costs are justified, because we are talking about the health of the baby.
Pure Water - odorless eco-concentrate
For universal use. It erases color, synthetics, cotton, white and light. Concentrated, in the composition - bleach, but without perfume and phosphates. The cost of packing 300 g is 150-180 rubles. The brand is Russian.
Benefits:
- 1 kg of concentrate replaces 6 kg of conventional powder.
- It is convenient to use, the pack is small, and lasts for a long time.
- No smell.
- After use, allergy sufferers undergo a reaction to SMS.
- Does not form a lot of foam.
Recommended for washing at 40–95 ° С. If washed in cool water and less than 40 ° C, particles do not dissolve. Silk and wool are usually washed at 30 ° C, so Pure Water is not suitable for them. This is not so much a drawback as a feature.
Frosch Color Aloe Vera - Hypoallergenic for Colored Things
Biodegradable powdery concentrate. For all types of washing. The cost of packaging is 1.35 kg - about 600 rubles. Country of origin - Germany.
Benefits:
- qualitatively washes;
- it smells good;
- economically consumed;
- maintains color saturation;
- protects linen from staining;
- can be stored in the bathroom, while not damp.
The disadvantage noticed by users is that the smell is too pronounced. Moreover, it resembles a lemon rather than aloe vera. Another disadvantage - you can not wash the wool and silk, there is no measuring spoon. The packaging is not cheap, but it is a concentrate that lasts for several months.
BioMio BIO-COLOR - with cotton extract
Universal phosphate-free agent. It erases color and black, cotton and synthetics, children's things. The price of a package of 1.5 kg is about 400 rubles. The brand belongs to the Russian company Splat-Cosmetics LLC.
- faint odor;
- brightens white things;
- economical consumption;
- affordable cost;
- the washed laundry almost does not smell.
Like most phosphate-free powders, BioMio does not clean well some dirt, such as bright food stains.
Wellery Soft baby - hypoallergenic
Hypoallergenic gel for washing clothes. At the core are biodegradable components. They wash any children's things - white, light, colored. You can wash clothes for newborns. For any type of washing and for different fabrics - they can wash everything except silk and wool fabrics. In the composition of 15% of ACAS and 5% of nonionic surfactants. There are no phosphates. Manufacturer - St. Petersburg Production LLC New Chemical Technologies.
A 1 liter bottle costs 300-350 rubles, a 5 liter canister costs about 1000 rubles. The larger the volume, the better the price.
This gel appealed to many mothers. Here are the benefits they noted:
- Wash diapers and other baby items without soaking. It perfectly removes impurities typical of children's things - stains from juices, vegetables, fruits, creams, etc.
- Almost odorless - flavoring is available, but it is almost imperceptible. Things do not smell after washing.
- Colored things do not lose the brightness of colors.
- It is economically consumed and inexpensive.
- There are no harmful components - phosphates, chlorine, dyes and other elements that cause allergies in children.
- The gel is perfectly rinsed.
- Washes in water at any temperature.
- Treats fabrics with care.
Cons and comments:
- Could do without flavoring.
- For some mothers, the price seemed overpriced.
- Absence in most stores - must be ordered online.
Synergetic - universal
The Synergetic brand produces various detergents, including universal gel - it is suitable for all types of fabrics and any linen, including children's. It does not cause allergies, biodegradable, phosphate-free. Contains 5% ACAS and 5% nonionic surfactants. The recommended washing temperature is 20-60 ° C. A liter bottle costs about 320 rubles.
Synergetic is a Russian brand that uses plant and natural ingredients for its products. Since the manufacturer uses equipment and raw materials from Germany, the German flag is placed on the packaging.
This "family" gel replaces all SMS - they can be erased as you like and anything. You do not need to buy separately means for white and black, for children's and adult underwear. A bottle cap is used as a measuring cap.
Benefits:
- nice design and convenient use;
- safe, suitable for allergy sufferers;
- rinses well;
- things do not lose brightness, moreover, users claim that Synergetic returns color to fabrics;
- linen after washing is fresh;
- in hard water, linen becomes softer.
Consumers noted that the gel has a too liquid consistency and a floral smell - for some it is simply a property, for others it is a disadvantage. The gel-like mass smells like a rose. The smell is stable, so users worry - why so, if it does not have fragrances and fragrances. Synergetic is powerless against strong impurities - it cannot qualitatively remove various kinds of stains.
Conclusions
To summarize - hypoallergenic drugs:
- can have a different form of release - liquid or dry, while almost all of them are concentrates;
- are more expensive than regular SMS, but inferior to them in efficiency;
- many funds, with English names, actually belong to Russian manufacturers.
Take the choice of SMS very seriously. Do not trust beautiful packaging and sonorous names - specify the composition, country of manufacture and destination and be sure to observe the dosage.