I’ve been using this Free & Clear Natural Dish Liquid from Seventh Generation for the past few weeks and I’m definitely a fan!  I tend to raise an eyebrow to products that claim to be natural, yet contains artificial color and/or fragrance and this is without both.  Seventh Generation also recently changed their packaging to a more clean and simple design, which I like - in addition to including the full ingredient lists on their products with a new “we have nothing to hide, we disclose all ingredients” mantra (gotta love honesty!).  This foams up nicely, doesn’t leave spots on dishes and its easy on my hands (doesn’t dry them out after washing a sinkful of dishes).  If you prefer to let your dishwasher do the washing, you may want to check out these dishwashing tablets (they’re the most effective natural ones we’ve discovered thus far).

According to Seventh Generation, if every household in the U.S. replaced just one bottle of 25 ounce petroleum-based dishwashing liquid with our plant-derived product, we could save 86,000 barrels of oil - enough to heat and cool 4,900 U.S. homes for a year!?  Other benefits include:

+ Non-toxic & biodegradable

+ Hypo-allergenic

+ Free of phosphates

+ Safe for septic & grey water systems

+ Not tested on animals

+ Kosher-certified

This won’t break the bank either. Budget-conscious buyers will be happy to know this retails for just $3.99, but right now it can be found on sale here for $3.24 (and while you’re at it - take a peak at 33 rave reviews of this dish soap).