{"id":1739,"date":"2022-11-10T08:50:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2022-11-08T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T18:47:55","slug":"about-cleaning-product-functions-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/about-cleaning-product-functions-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"About Cleaning Product Functions: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We want to empower everyone to feel more confident with the cleaning products they have chosen to use in their homes. After all, you have a right not only to know what\u2019s in your products, but to understand those ingredients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That\u2019s why this is the first in a series of posts focusing on some cleaning product ingredient functions you may be less familiar with. Let\u2019s dive in!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bittering Agent:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bitter is bad, right?\u00a0 Of course!\u00a0 When a bittering agent (otherwise known as an ingredient), is added to a cleaning product, <strong>it imparts a bitter taste to enhance safety<\/strong>.\u00a0 Consider it your very own \u201cspecial agent\u201d to prevent accidental harm!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laundry Cleaning Booster:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Ever feel like you could use a helpful \u201cboost\u201d to do your best work? So does laundry! Boosters are ingredients added to laundry to enhance their cleaning game,<strong> helping to prevent dinginess, remove oily soils, and prevent dyes from spreading<\/strong>. Talk about performance power!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stabilizer:\u00a0<\/strong> Similar to the word \u201cstabilize,\u201d a stabilizer is <strong>an ingredient that maintains product appearance<\/strong>, used to prevent undesired changes in the cleaning mixture such as its form, chemical nature, or active ingredients. Stabilizers are commonly used across cleaning products to ensure their performance and efficacy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opacifier:\u00a0<\/strong>Do you know what the word \u201copaque\u201d means? If so, then you\u2019re well on your way to understanding what opacifiers do within cleaning products! Opacifiers are <strong>ingredients added to enhance a product&#8217;s appearance<\/strong>, changing it from clear to opaque, as well as helping to achieve a more uniform and consistent look.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Did you know about these ingredient functions in your products?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019ll be sharing more ingredient functions in future blog posts, so check back next month! In the meantime, you can see the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleaninginstitute.org\/ingredient-functions\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">full list of ingredient functions<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleaninginstitute.org\/understanding-products\/about-cleaning-product-ingredients\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">learn more<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> about several of the most common uses for ingredients in cleaning products.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want to empower everyone to feel more confident with the cleaning products they have chosen to use in their homes. After all, you have a right not only to know what\u2019s in your products, but to understand those ingredients. That\u2019s why this is the first in a series of posts focusing on some cleaning product ingredient functions you may be less familiar with. Let\u2019s dive in!\u00a0 Bittering Agent:\u00a0 Bitter is bad, right?\u00a0 Of course!\u00a0 When a bittering agent (otherwise known as an ingredient), is added to a cleaning product, it imparts a bitter taste to enhance safety.\u00a0 Consider it your very own \u201cspecial agent\u201d to prevent accidental harm! Laundry Cleaning Booster:\u00a0\u00a0Ever feel like you could use a helpful \u201cboost\u201d to do your best work? So does laundry! Boosters are ingredients added to laundry to enhance their cleaning game, helping to prevent dinginess, remove oily soils, and prevent dyes from spreading. Talk about performance power! Stabilizer:\u00a0 Similar to the word \u201cstabilize,\u201d a stabilizer is an ingredient that maintains product appearance, used to prevent undesired changes in the cleaning mixture such as its form, chemical nature, or active ingredients. Stabilizers are commonly used across cleaning products to ensure their performance and efficacy. Opacifier:\u00a0Do you know what the word \u201copaque\u201d means? If so, then you\u2019re well on your way to understanding what opacifiers do within cleaning products! Opacifiers are ingredients added to enhance a product&#8217;s appearance, changing it from clear to opaque, as well as helping to achieve a more uniform and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[760],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation","tag-ingredient-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1760,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions\/1760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}