liquid detergent, lavender

For all textiles made of cotton, linen, hemp and mixed fabrics.
The ingredients sugar surfactant and coconut fatty alcohol sulfate are, next to soap, the most easily degradable and skin-friendly detergents. They are less sensitive to water hardness, so this liquid detergent is particularly effective in hard water.

Application:
Add water softener into the washing machine's loading drawer and detergent in the dosing ball directly into the drum.

Application areas:
For colored and white laundry made of cotton, linen, hemp and mixed fabrics; 30–95 °C

Product declaration:
Soap made from rapeseed oil/sunflower oil from controlled organic cultivation 5–15%
sugar surfactant 5–15%
Coconut fat alcohol sulfate 5–15%
Vegetable alcohol (ethanol) 1–5%
Castor oil sulfated <1%
citrate <1%
Natural essential lavender oil from controlled organic cultivation <1%
Gurjunbalsam <1%
Balsamic additives from controlled organic cultivation/wild collection <1%
water, swirled to 100%

Ingredients list according to EC 648/2004:
Aqua, Potassium Soap*, Alkylpolyglucoside C8-16, Sodium C8-14 Fatty Alcohol Sulfate, Alcohol, Sulfated Castor Oil, Potassium Citrate, Perfume* (fragrance), Linalool*, Balsamum Dipterocarpi
*certified organically grown

Origin and properties of the ingredients:
Soap, sugar surfactant and fatty alcohol sulfate complement and reinforce each other in this liquid detergent. For the soap, rapeseed oil/sunflower oil from controlled organic cultivation is saponified in a special saponification process, without external heat, with the help of potassium hydroxide. Soap as a detergent substance combines in a unique way all the properties necessary for the washing process of wetting, dissolving and carrying dirt. The soap's effect is enhanced by sugar surfactant and fatty alcohol sulfate, which are obtained from the purely vegetable raw materials sugar, starch and coconut fat through chemical reactions with the help of acids. At the same time, this combination eliminates the disadvantage of soap, namely the formation of lime soap, which can settle on the laundry if the softener dosage is inaccurate. The alcohol, which is obtained by fermenting vegetable starch, serves to keep the detergent liquid and thus enables a high concentration of detergent substance. Sulfated castor oil, also known as Turkish red oil, is obtained by reacting the oil with sulfuric acid. It increases the grease-dissolving power of the detergent.

Product feature:
The special energy-saving method of saponification, the use of oils from controlled organic cultivation and an extremely favorable price-to-washing performance ratio for liquid detergents are the outstanding features of this product.

Certification:
Ecogarantie
CSE
Vegan Society

Technical data:
Density: (20° C), approx. 1.02 /cm³
pH value: (20° C), (5 g/l H2O) approx. 8.5 – 9.5
At temperatures below 10-15° C, the product changes and becomes somewhat firmer and cloudy, which disappears again in the heat, possibly by gently shaking.

Ecology:
Biodegradation:
Soap made from vegetable oils has the special feature compared to all other detergents that immediately after use it combines with the lime that is always present in wastewater to form lime soap and thereby neutralizes its surface-active effect on aquatic organisms (primary degradation). The lime soap is then quickly broken down 100% by microorganisms into carbon dioxide and water (secondary degradation).
During the manufacturing process of sugar surfactants, coconut fatty alcohol sulfate and sulfated castor oil, parts of the plant-based raw materials starch, sugar and fat are removed, but their natural structure is completely preserved. It is therefore relatively easy for the microorganisms to break down these surfactants completely by 100%.
Soap, sugar surfactants, coconut fatty alcohol sulfate and sulfated castor oil are considered readily biodegradable according to the OECD.