Less Bad Stuff – Dishwasher Tablets – 48 pack

A dishwasher tablet only has to do a handful of things to earn its place in the cycle: break down quickly, lift food residue without leaving anything behind, and not leave glassware cloudy once the door opens. The Less Bad Dishwasher Tablet does that with six ingredients, each one chosen for a specific part of the job.

Sodium percarbonate is the core of the formula’s cleaning power — it breaks down in water to release oxygen, the same reaction that lifts baked-on starch, sauce, and grease from a plate. Sodium carbonate, otherwise known as washing soda, works alongside it: it softens the water so the percarbonate’s effort isn’t spent neutralising mineral hardness first, and its own alkalinity helps break down fat on contact. Citric acid gives the tablet its fast dissolve — the fizzing reaction it produces with the carbonates is also what keeps limescale from building inside the machine itself, part of why glasses come out clear rather than streaked. Bicarbonate of soda rounds out the cleaning action with a gentler, buffering presence, and lemon extract is the only thing added for scent — a light, real top note. A natural, dish-safe binder holds the tablet together until it hits water, then lets go.

One tablet handles a standard cycle, regardless of how full the load is — there’s no measuring or topping up to think about, just the tablet straight into the dispenser before the cycle starts. Forty-eight is the size built for finding out whether this becomes the tablet you keep reaching for — enough to get a proper sense of it, without a box that sits half-used on the shelf while you decide.