Detergent Color, Mint & Lemon

Areas of application:
For all washable coloured textiles made of cotton, linen, hemp, microfibres such as fleece, softshell, Goretex, as well as mixed fabrics, from 30°–60 °C

Product declaration:
Soap made from rapeseed oil/sunflower oil from certified organic cultivation 15–30%
Sugar surfactant 5–15%
Citrate 5–15%
Vegetable alcohol (ethanol) 5–15%
Coconut oil alcohol sulfate 1–5%
Sulfated castor oil 1–5%
Natural essential oils from the litsea tree, mint, bitter orange (petit grain), lemongrass, stone pine, rhododendron from certified organic cultivation <1%
Gurjun Balsam <1%
Balsamic additives from controlled organic cultivation/wild collection <1%
Water, swirled to 100%

List of ingredients according to EC 648/2004:
Aqua, Potassium Soap*, Alkylpolyglucoside C8-16, Potassium Citrate, Sodium C12-14 Fatty Alcohol Sulfate, Alcohol, Sulfated Castor Oil, Perfume* (fragrance), Citral*, Limonene*, 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. Citrate, the sodium salt of citric acid, is added to bind the lime in the water. It is obtained by fermenting sugary by-products such as molasses. 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 features:
The special, energy-saving method of saponification without the addition of energy and the use of 100% organically grown oils and essential oils are key quality features of Color detergent. By using a combination of citrates and soap, no extra softener is required for all water hardness levels.

Certification:
Eco guarantee
CSE
Vegan Society

Technical data:
Density: (20 °C) approx. 1.06 g / cm³
pH value: (20 °C, 5 g / l H2O) approx. 8.5-9.5

ecology
Biodegradation:
Soap made from vegetable oils has the special feature compared to all other detergents that it combines with the lime that is always present in wastewater immediately after use to form lime soap, thereby neutralizing 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 vegetable 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 100%. Soap, sugar surfactants, coconut fatty alcohol sulfate and sulfated castor oil are considered to be easily biodegradable according to the OECD.