With organic vegetable oil soap, without enzymes, GMO-free

Washes coloured textiles gently and efficiently

Suitable for outdoor apparel and sportswear 

Natural fresh fragrance of organic mint oil and organic lemongrass oil 

100% biodegradable

Ingredients

Product declaration

Soap from rapeseed/sunflower oil, certified organically grown 15–30 %

Sugar surfactant 5–15%

Citrate 5–15%

Vegetable alcohol (ethanol) 5–15%

Coconut oil alcohol sulphate 1–5%

Sulphated castor oil 1–5%

Natural essential oils from litsea, mint, bitter orange (petitgrain), lemongrass and Swiss pine, certified organically grown <1%

Gurjun balsam <1%

Balsamic additives, certified organically grown / collection from wild-growing plants <1%

Water, swirled up to 100% 

List of ingredients as per EC 648/2004

Aqua, potassium soap*, alkylpolyglucoside C8–C16 (coco glucoside, lauryl glucoside), sodium/potassium citrate, sodium C12–C14 fatty alcohol sulphate (sodium lauryl sulfate), alcohol, sulphated castor oil, parfum*, citral*, limonene*, linalool*, dipterocarpus turbinatus balm extract

*certified organically grown

Origin and properties of the ingredients

In this liquid detergent, soap, sugar surfactant and fatty alcohol sulphate complement each other, thus intensifying their effect. To obtain the soap, rapeseed / sunflower oil, certified organically grown, is being saponified in a special process of saponification without applying heat from the outside, using potassium hydroxide solution. Soap as an active washing substance uniquely amalgamates all of the properties required for the washing process – the moistening, the dissolving, and absorbing of dirt. Soap is intensified in this effect by the sugar surfactant and fatty alcohol sulphate, which are obtained by the chemical reaction of the purely plant-based raw materials sugar, starch and coconut oil with acids. In order to bind limescale in water, citrate, the sodium salt of citric acid, must be added. It is obtained by fermenting sugar-containing by-products such as molasses. The alcohol which is obtained by fermenting plant-based starch serves to keep the detergent liquid, thus enabling a highly concentrated active washing substance. Sulphated castor oil, also called turkey-red oil, is obtained by castor oil reacting chemically with sulphuric acid. It intensifies the detergents fat-dissolving property.

Technical data

Density: 20 °C approx. 1.063 g / cm³

68 °F approx. 0.037 oz / in³

pH value: 20 °C, 5 g / litre H₂O

68 °F, 0.18 oz / 34 fl oz (US) H₂O

approx. 8.5–9.5

Application

Special product feature

The special energy-saving method of saponification, without applying energy, and the use of oils and essential oils from 100% certified organic cultivation are essential quality features of Sonett’s Laundry Liquid Color.

Thanks to the use of citrates and soap in combination, no extra addition of softener is necessary, irrespective of the prevailing water hardness.

Ranges of application

All washable coloured textiles made from cotton, linen, hemp, microfibres such as fleece, Softshell, Goretex as well as fabric blends, from 20–60 °C  (70–140 °F). 

Suitable for HE washing machines.

Dosage

Ecology

Biodegradability

Soap made from vegetable oils has one outstanding feature compared to all the other active washing substances, namely that, right after its use, it reacts chemically with the limescale always present in waste water, resulting in calcium soap, thus neutralising its surfactant effect on aquatic organisms (primary degradation). The calcium soap is then, by microorganisms, 100% degraded into carbon dioxide and water (secondary degradation). Despite the fact that during the manufacturing of sugar surfactants, coconut oil alcohol sulphate and sulphated castor oil, constituents are being extracted from the plant-based raw materials, i.e. starch, sugar, and fat, they remain completely intact in their natural molecular structure. For this reason it is relatively easy for the microorganisms to 100% decompose these surfactants. Soap, sugar surfac-tant, coconut oil alcohol sulphate, and sulphated castor oil are classified as being readily biodegradable according to OECD guidelines.

Suitable for septic tanks and filtration systems.

Certification

NCP (Nature Care Product)

CSE (Certified Sustainable Economics)

Vegan Society

Packaging

Bottle, canister: PE

Cap: PE / PP

Label: PE

Outer carton: 100% recycling material