Less Bad Stuff – Dishwasher Tablets – 60 pack

A dishwasher tablet only needs to manage a few things well: dissolve quickly, lift whatever’s stuck to the plate, and leave glass clear rather than clouded. The Less Bad Dishwasher Tablet is built from six ingredients, and each one is there because it does something specific in the wash, not because the label needed filling.

At the centre of it is sodium percarbonate, which breaks down on contact with water and releases oxygen — the reaction responsible for lifting baked-on food rather than just rinsing around it. Sodium carbonate, or washing soda, does two things at once: it softens the water so the percarbonate isn’t spent fighting hardness first, and its own alkalinity helps loosen fat directly. The fizz that gets the tablet moving comes from citric acid, and the same reaction with the carbonates helps keep limescale from forming inside the machine — part of why glasses come out clear instead of streaked. Bicarbonate of soda adds a milder, buffering layer to the cleaning action. Lemon extract is there purely for scent, real rather than synthetic. A natural, dish-safe binder holds everything together as a tablet until water reaches it, then lets go.

One tablet is enough for a full cycle regardless of load size — no measuring, no topping up, just the tablet into the dispenser before the cycle starts. Sixty suits a kitchen where the dishwasher runs most days: enough to settle into without watching the count, and without reordering every few weeks.