Pure Original Ingredients Sodium Tripolyphosphate (2.5 lb) Powerful Cleaning Agent, Water Softener, Laundry Additive

Fantastic for hard water issues we have here in PA. Years ago this stuff was in detergents, they worked much better! Well this brings it back to pre 2010. I use 2-4 Tbsp in my wash and 1-2 Tsp for the dishwasher. Our clothing is softer than ever and our dishes are squeaky clean. Great stuff.

We have well water and a whole house water softner system. Our water however has a high amount of total dissolved solids, iron specifically! This product has been a game changer! Clothes seem to be rinsing better and getting cleaner in the wash, I add 2 tablespoons to almost every load and have been able to use less detergent this way as well. Ive turned on subscribe and save for this one it's a must have for anyone with hard water and a heavy laundry load!

I mix 1 tsp of this with a little warm water and add to my laundry detergent. It works great to get clothes cleaner.

Clean, white and finely sifted- no lumps.

I’ve been using the Pure Original Ingredients Sodium Tripolyphosphate in my laundry, and it’s truly brought back that 1970s-level clean to my clothes! Adding this powerful cleaning agent to my detergent has noticeably improved the freshness and cleanliness of my laundry. My clothes feel cleaner, brighter, and have that fresh, crisp feel that I remember from the past.One thing to note, though, is that the instructions aren’t super clear, so it’s a bit of a trial and error process to figure out the right amount to use for your laundry load. But once I found the right balance, the results were definitely worth it.It works great as a water softener too, which helps with detergent effectiveness. I’ve noticed that the combination of this with my regular detergent really gets rid of stubborn stains and gives my laundry that deep, thorough clean.The 2.5 lb size is a good value, and you don’t need to use a lot, so it’ll last for a while. Overall, I highly recommend this if you're looking to improve your laundry game and get that deep clean we used to get in the past.

I’ve been using this exact product for the past 2+ years. I just opened the package I received last week and it smells like sewage. It’s never had even the slightest odor before.I’m not putting this in my laundry. I’m returning to Amazon (even if opened) and ordering a new package. Hopefully that one won’t stink.UPDATE-replacement smelled as bad as the original. I wouldn’t order this for the time being. I’ll look for another source of this product. I can’t believe the seller would ship this stuff…worse still, the new Amazon app doesn’t allow contact with seller, so they probably have no idea this is happening.

Several years ago, the EPA in its wisdom, decided that the common household should not be able to use phosphates in their laundry detergents. All detergents have been changed to use "enzymes" as such to try to eliminate stains and smells and such from our clothing. Yeah...how are your whites looking if you don't bleach them?If you seriously believe that clothes do not seem to get as clean as they used to, this is the big culprit. If you feel like clothing comes out harsh, and that the soft fabrics of the past seem to elude you, this too might be the culprit. Phosphates were a major component of soaps. They don't harm us at all - in fact, they are a food additive. Phosphates are a waste component. And to date, no one is claiming that we should not be putting these same phosphates on our lawns, tomato plants, or prize flowers.If you put about 1 - 1.5 tsp of this product into each load, mixed with your regular laundry detergent, the world will come back to normal. Cotton clothing will actually feel amazing. Unyielding stains will actually relent.Real story. All moms out there...you will know this story. : Stains like newborn baby poo....the yellow kind with the seeds that does not come clean with today's detergent alone...I know that's an unsavory thought but that was the real issue for me when I found the phosphates. I had 4 kids over 8 years. Changing nothing in my laundering habits, baby #3's newborn clothing would. not. get. clean. Seriously. Those newborn diapers try to work, but they just don't no matter how much you pay for them. Tiny newborn bodies just don't always conform. You will get blowouts. That mustard yellow mess is the biggest problem stain I have ever encountered in my life. It sent me to research one early...early...morning. I realized that although I had the same washer (one of the big front loading ones), same detergent (Tide HE), the stains laughed at me. The clothing would still have that faint yellow mustard stain. I tried soaking in Dawn dish soap before. I tried adding vinegar. It mocked me.Somehow I stumbled onto this product (not from this particular maker, but this exact phosphate product). I added it to my Tide in the washing machine dispenser, stirred it up (you have to stir it up or it just clumps) and let it go. It worked. Stains disappeared. All Yellow was gone. Sure, it was halfway clean before, but now it was back to really clean. Later blowouts did not stand against this combo of phosphates/Tide. The baby clothes felt so soft (phosphates bind heavy metals too so clothing gets softer). Towels became luxurious. Terry cloth material became soft again. I could go on.So thanks to the EPA, you are probably throwing out clothes because they can't get clean. You can fix it with this and a bag this size will easily last 9 months (even in my house where there are a minimum of 12 loads a week).BTW....they took it out of your dish soap and dishwasher detergent too....Sheesh...

I use a teaspoon or so in almost every dishwasher load now. It got rid of the funky smell that would sometimes be on the dishes.It also works great if you need to soak something greasy. If you're cleaning something with this, wear gloves as it will dry out your hands in a short period of time.