Pure Original Ingredients, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, 1 Lb

Great laundry additive for softening water and allowing detergents to more effectively clean. Small amount is recommended and does the job well. This used to be put in most detergents but was taken out due to creating algae blooms. Does not cause skin irritation but I utilize a second rinse cycle. The product has lasted over 4 months and is a great value. Bag is simple yet durable, no need to have it look like a name brand and pay for the marketing. The powder looks very fine and is not sticky nor does it cause a residue to build up in the machine.

Several years ago, the EPA in its wisdom, decided that the common household should not be able to use phosphates in their laundry detergents. All detergents have been changed to use "enzymes" as such to try to eliminate stains and smells and such from our clothing. Yeah...how are your whites looking if you don't bleach them? If you seriously believe that clothes do not seem to get as clean as they used to, this is the big culprit. If you feel like clothing comes out harsh, and that the soft fabrics of the past seem to elude you, this too might be the culprit. Phosphates were a major component of soaps. They don't harm us at all - in fact, they are a food additive. Phosphates are a waste component. And to date, no one is claiming that we should not be putting these same phosphates on our lawns, tomato plants, or prize flowers. If you put about 1 - 1.5 tsp of this product into each load, mixed with your regular laundry detergent, the world will come back to normal. Cotton clothing will actually feel amazing. Unyielding stains will actually relent. Real story. All moms out there...you will know this story. : Stains like newborn baby poo....the yellow kind with the seeds that does not come clean with today's detergent alone...I know that's an unsavory thought but that was the real issue for me when I found the phosphates. I had 4 kids over 8 years. Changing nothing in my laundering habits, baby #3's newborn clothing would. not. get. clean. Seriously. Those newborn diapers try to work, but they just don't no matter how much you pay for them. Tiny newborn bodies just don't always conform. You will get blowouts. That mustard yellow mess is the biggest problem stain I have ever encountered in my life. It sent me to research one early...early...morning. I realized that although I had the same washer (one of the big front loading ones), same detergent (Tide HE), the stains laughed at me. The clothing would still have that faint yellow mustard stain. I tried soaking in Dawn dish soap before. I tried adding vinegar. It mocked me. Somehow I stumbled onto this product (not from this particular maker, but this exact phosphate product). I added it to my Tide in the washing machine dispenser, stirred it up (you have to stir it up or it just clumps) and let it go. It worked. Stains disappeared. All Yellow was gone. Sure, it was halfway clean before, but now it was back to really clean. Later blowouts did not stand against this combo of phosphates/Tide. The baby clothes felt so soft (phosphates bind heavy metals too so clothing gets softer). Towels became luxurious. Terry cloth material became soft again. I could go on. So thanks to the EPA, you are probably throwing out clothes because they can't get clean. You can fix it with this and a bag this size will easily last 9 months (even in my house where there are a minimum of 12 loads a week). BTW....they took it out of your dish soap and dishwasher detergent too....Sheesh...

I’ve been using the Pure Original Ingredients Sodium Tripolyphosphate in my laundry, and it’s truly brought back that 1970s-level clean to my clothes! Adding this powerful cleaning agent to my detergent has noticeably improved the freshness and cleanliness of my laundry. My clothes feel cleaner, brighter, and have that fresh, crisp feel that I remember from the past. One thing to note, though, is that the instructions aren’t super clear, so it’s a bit of a trial and error process to figure out the right amount to use for your laundry load. But once I found the right balance, the results were definitely worth it. It works great as a water softener too, which helps with detergent effectiveness. I’ve noticed that the combination of this with my regular detergent really gets rid of stubborn stains and gives my laundry that deep, thorough clean. The 2.5 lb size is a good value, and you don’t need to use a lot, so it’ll last for a while. Overall, I highly recommend this if you're looking to improve your laundry game and get that deep clean we used to get in the past.

Never used this before. Made a mix of gyro meat and was surprised by the amount of moisture it retained using it. I recommend it.

You need this to clean. Put it in the dishwasher, laundry machine, mop bucket, etc. This is what's missing in most cleaning agents. Great quality, fine powder that leaves no residue nor bunches up into balls. To get your clothes super clean, fill your bathtub with the hottest water you can get, put in just a bit of detergent, half a cup of Sodium Tripolyphosphate, 2-4 cups of Sodium Bicarbonate, and a cup of borax. Mix it up. Put your clothes in and leave them over night. Next day wash them like normal adding the Tripolyphosphate to the wash. They'll be better than brand new.

Try washing a previously washed item in a white bucket... the dirty water says it all! This stuff works. It unlocks the dirt from our clothing! A tablespoon in my hand wash load released a murky brown water! Gross. The laundry soaps they market these days don't wash our clothes. It's missing this (natural!) element. Just like everything else... the powers that be take away what works and gives us lousy alternatives. Buy this. Add a Tablespoon to your dishwasher. Add a few Ts to a 1/4 C to your wash load. Get clean.

Yay, my laundry finally looks clean and bright! It does not irritate my sensitive skin, but I do a second rinse on all my laundry.

Really helps my dishwasher tackle the dishes in my ongoing fight with hard water. Not perfectly of course, because the water here is pretty terrible, but a lot better. Soapy film on my glasses is now a thing of the past.

Excellent for making food