Dawn Ultra Dishwashing Liquid, Original
Dawn
Ultra Dishwashing Liquid, Original Scent
Dawn’s own ingredient table lists a synthetic copolymer as a cleaning agent, alongside dyes, fragrance, and an isothiazolinone preservative, all in a plastic bottle. Credit for publishing the table at all. The wildlife rescue branding is about oiled ducks, not what goes down your drain twice a day.
A synthetic surfactant blend whose own ingredient table lists a copolymer cleaning agent, dyes, fragrance, and an isothiazolinone preservative, in a plastic bottle.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- Publishes a complete ingredient table
- Some recycled content in clear bottles
Trade-offs
- Synthetic copolymer and PPG in the formula go down the drain
- MIT preservative, synthetic dyes, undisclosed fragrance components
- Disposable plastic bottle
Scored on our consumables method (consumables-v1, 2026-07-06). How we rank →
What's inside
Water, SLS, SLES, amine oxide surfactants, PPG-26, PEI-14 PEG-24/PPG-16 copolymer, phenoxyethanol, methylisothiazolinone, fragrance, colorants Blue 1, Yellow 5, Red 33.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Bottle: plastic, 35% PCR in clear bottles per brand | |
| Formula: includes synthetic polymers (PPG-26, PEI copolymer) |
Free of None
- Packaging
- Plastic bottle, 35% PCR in clear bottles per brand
- Microplastics
- Formula includes dissolved synthetic polymers (PEI copolymer, PPG) sent down the drain each wash
Attributes
What this product is, at a glance.
Certifications
None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.
About Dawn
Dawn is P&G’s flagship dish liquid. The brand publishes a full ingredient table, which is where this card’s facts come from.
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