Grab Green Liquid Dish Soap 2021 Review | Biodegradable, natural dish soap
The Top Line:
NOT a buy. While we thought Grab Green’s Liquid Dish Soap worked fine, we have some pretty major complaints. We don’t love that it comes in plastic bottles, certainly not plastic free, or even an attempt to reduce plastic here. There are some pretty questionable ingredients, including sulfates and benzisothiazolinone that we really don’t want in our dish soap. The scent (we got the Tangerine with Lemongrass) was too sweet for our taste - smelled too ‘artificial-soapy’ in our book. Finally, the price is pretty darn high 😔
The Breakdown:
Cost & Products: $20.99 for 64oz refill pouch
How ‘Clean’ Is This? Not very. Plastic bottles and some questionable ingredients.
Packaging: They came in three separate plastic bottles. 😔
Purchasing & Shipping: We purchased on the Grab Green website.
What’s Your Impact? Unfortunately we aren’t even reducing plastic use here.
The Experience
Context: We have tried Cleancult, Blueland and Method dish soaps.
We really loved the consistency of the soap - not too thick so you can easily refill
The design of the spout on the pouch is really small, ideal for refilling into a small bottle opening
We like the light scent (we never want our dishes to smell too perfumed!)
Overall seems to clean very well, no complaints there!
The Cost
We compared Grab Green’s Liquid Dish Soap with other dish soap options, ranging from other natural/eco-friendly options like to Cleancult and Seventh Generation, as well as ‘standard’ brands like Dawn and Palmolive, and other formats like Blueland’s dish powder and dish soap bars from rE: Dish, DuJardin, and more.
Money Report: Grab Green’s Liquid Dish Soap is on the more expensive end of the spectrum unfortunately!
The Good:
✔ Soft on hands (non-drying)
✔ Great suds to get our dishes really clean
✔ No residue, rinses clean and cuts grease
The Bad:
✗ Super pricey!
✗ Greenwashed item
✗ Questionable ingredients, including sulfates and benzisothiazolinone that we really don’t want in our dish soap
✗ Comes in plastic bottles!
✗ We’re not a fan of the scent. We got the tangerine lemongrass, and it smelled too artificially sweet (more tangerine than lemongrass).
Our Recommendation:
NOT a buy. While we thought Grab Green’s Liquid Dish Soap worked fine, we have some pretty major complaints. We don’t love that it comes in plastic bottles, certainly not plastic free, or even an attempt to reduce plastic here. There are some pretty questionable ingredients, including sulfates and benzisothiazolinone that we really don’t want in our dish soap. The scent (we got the Tangerine with Lemongrass) was too sweet for our taste - smelled too ‘artificial-soapy’ in our book. Finally, the price is pretty darn high 😔
We're on a mission to reduce our personal carbon footprint with small, hopefully easy, changes in our home to fight against climate change. This means we're looking for products that may be all natural, ideally zero waste, reusable or compostable -- while still being affordable!
