Wasberries are an all-natural detergent!
They can replace your laundry detergent and fabric softener, eliminating those harmful chemicals from your household and even saving you money!
Yes, this is a FREE sample! Try them out for yourself and see what all the buzz is about!
Some people call them soap nuts, some people call them washnuts, some people call them soapberries. We call them "Washberries."
This is a trial size muslin bag. In this bag will be 5 large washberries, enough for about four to six loads of laundry, depending on your washing machine and load size.
Directions:
1. Break each Washberry in half and place the halves in the small cotton bag.
2. Tie the bag shut and toss it in the laudry right along with the clothes.
3. Wash!
After the load is done, just set the bag aside until your next load. Those same Washberries are good for 3 to 5 more loads.
Remember, when using Washberries, you don't need any chemicals or fabric softeners!
Truly All-Natural – They Grow On Trees
Washberries are the de-seeded fruit of the Sapindus Mukorossi tree. The Sapindus Mukorossi tree grows in the Himalayan Mountains. Earthistry’s Washberries are Fair Trade Act compliant and are a renewable resource. They are harvested and sun-dried with no chemical additives whatsoever.
Nature’s Detergent
Washberries are nature’s highest source of saponins, hence the botanical genus name Sapindus. Saponins are a natural detergent called an anionic surfactant. The science behind the cleaning comes from the molecular structure of saponins. One end of the molecule clings to oil/dirt, while the other end clings to water, thereby removing the dirt from the clothes as they are washed.
Gentle and Safe
Several cheap examples of anionic surfactants you'll find on the market are Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS), Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (ALS), and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS), also known Sodium Laurel Ether Sulfate (SLES). Do you or someone you know ever suffer from skin irritation from laundry detergent? ALS, SLS, and SLES are known irritants.
Moreover, it has been found that SLS and SLES contain very low levels of the known carcinogen 1,4-dioxane. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) considers 1,4-dioxane to be a probable human carcinogen at certain concentrations. The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) encourages manufacturers to remove 1,4-dioxane from their products. However, if you go through your bathroom and your pantry, you are almost certain to find a number of items containing SLS and SLES, including shampoos, soaps and toothpaste. In fact, if you go to your nearest “natural” or “organic” grocery store and look at many so-called “natural” personal care products, you will see Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, or their acronyms on the ingredient labels.
Obviously, you will NOT find these ingredients in ANY of Earthistry’s products.
Low-Sudsing but Highly Effective
Even though there are fewer bubbles when using Washberries, the cleaning is just as good. Suds are important for cleaning where little agitation is present. The difference between dish soap for the sink and dish soap for the dishwasher is the perfect example. Because there is relatively less agitation of the water in your sink, suds are necessary to prevent the film of soil from clinging to your plates as you remove them from the sink. The importance of suds is negated by the agitation of water, however, especially when machines agitate the water, achieving the same cleansing with less sudsing. That’s why, if you put sink dish soap in your dishwasher, you will get an explosion of bubbles all over your kitchen (which can be remedied by running olive oil through your dishwasher thereby engaging and neutralizing the anionic surfactant, but I digress).
Detergents which are low-sudsing are made for dishwashers and washing machines. The constant agitation of the water compensates for nearly all the sudsing, though a little is still necessary. With the new HE washing machines, the sudsing of detergents has been decreased even more by an order of magnitude, due to the increase in agitation, which is why they are considered more energy- and resource-efficient. Psychologically, we have been trained to associate cleansing and sudsing; however, the two, though related, are distinct.
This is all simply to say that the Washberries, while low in sudsing, are high in cleaning power.
Save The Planet and Your Wallet!
Name brand detergents cost around 20 cents a load, and fabric softeners can cost even more than that. Add the two together and you’re spending 40 to 50 cents a load. Compare that to less than 13 cents a load for our 80-load bag and you’re talking big savings!
Who said eco-friendly has to be more expensive?
Free sample is for online orders only and are only mailed within the United States. One per household. $2.00 shipping and handling fee applies.