Seventh Generation’s Dish Soap rinses clean from the sponge and cuts through grease better than most soaps we’ve tested. We stick to the unscented version in Wirecutter’… See more

The primary job of a dish detergent is to get oil and grease off your dishes. Almost all dish liquids available can do this to varying degrees—it’s the degrees that matter. You might also … See more

When setting up a testing method, we ran into two problems. First, it’s difficult to bake on a set amount of grease to a dish or pan. Second, short of building a scrubbing robot, it’s also har… See more

Most companies put two main surfactants in their dish liquid: sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES). As surfactant expert Brian Grady explained, … See more