Member's Mark Platinum Performance Liquid Dish Soap, Fresh Clean, 100 fl. oz.

Been hand washing dishes for more that 58 years. This is the best working dish soap we have ever used. Rock adds peppermint essential oil to it and calls it body wash and shampoo. Doesn't dry his skin or scalp. Doesn't strip his hair. Leaves his hair soft and his scalp happy.

Every bit as effective as Dawn, Cascade, etc., in my opinion, at a significant price point savings. There are few secrets in the dish washing detergent business. Almost all common dish soaps whether big brand name or private label, such as MM Liquid Dish Soap, are pretty much the same in chemical composition with only minor variations usually in the lesser ingredients to keep them from becoming exactly identical. For a glimpse into what goes into such a formulation, check out https://dawn-dish.com/en-us/how-to/what-dawn-is-made-of-ingredients/ Though you may not understand all of the chemistry (which if you are truly interested, you can look up), you will see that the formulation is actually quite complex, with each ingredient being present as no more nor no less than is needed for its function. P&G introduced Dawn in 1973, for example, and though it might have had minor tweaks in the intervening 52 years (as of this writing), this is old, well-traveled technology. Anecdotally, I find Member's Mark Liquid Dish Soap to be as effective as any other. Since all liquid detergents in this class are very powerful cleaning agents, I generally keep about a diluted squeeze bottle by the kitchen sink, to avoid overuse and waste (20-30 water:1 MM Liquid Dish Soap). I add a squirt of this diluted soap to a pot, vessel, utensil, etd. or a container full of dirty dishes. It works very well this way. Here's the way to tell when more diluted detergent is needed. No suds? A bit more diluted detergent, then.