Bar Keepers Friend Powdered Cleanser, 12 oz
Bar Keepers Friend
Powdered Cleanser, 12 oz canister
One of the easiest plastic swaps in cleaning: a mineral powder that replaces plastic-bottle spray and cream cleansers. Packaging keeps it from a 1.
A mineral powder cleanser (oxalic acid and feldspar abrasive) with no plastic microbeads and no polymers in the formula. The plastic-relevant part is the canister, not the cleanser.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- Mineral abrasive, no plastic microbeads that wash to wastewater
- Powder format replaces multiple plastic spray bottles
- Bleach-free formula
- Cleans stainless, porcelain, ceramic, copper, aluminum
Trade-offs
- Canister has a plastic shaker top and packaging varies
- Oxalic acid requires gloves for sensitive skin and is not food-contact
- Full ingredient breakdown is not on the retail label
Scored on our consumables method (consumables-v1, 2026-07-04). How we rank →
What's inside
Powder formula built on oxalic acid with a mineral abrasive; no plastic polymers or microbeads in the cleanser itself. Sold in a canister with a plastic shaker top; canister body material varies by packaging run, so we treat the packaging as containing plastic.
Free of Plastic microbeads, polymer thickeners, bleach
- Packaging
- Not stated
- Microplastics
- None from the formula: the abrasive is mineral, unlike cream cleansers that use plastic microspheres. This is the reason to pick a powder cleanser.
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 Bar Keepers Friend
Bar Keepers Friend has been made since 1882. The powder formula is bleach-free and works on stainless, porcelain, ceramic, copper, and more.
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