Regular cleaning is important for keeping your home spotless and safe for everyone who lives there, from yourself to your kids to your pets. Unfortunately, a lot of household cleansers are formulated with aggressive chemicals that aren’t particularly safe for health and the environment. Luckily, there is a safe alternative that is just as effective but much gentler and more eco-friendly than aggressive cleaners. We’re talking about probiotic household cleaners, also known as probiotic detergents.
Probiotics are generally associated with food, particularly with yoghurt and other cultured dairy products. This term refers to live microorganisms which improve or restore beneficial flora and inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. But no one has thought until recently that the same properties of probiotics can be used in household cleaners. It turns out that detergents with probiotic microorganisms effectively eliminate organic contaminants on various surfaces, as well as demonstrate powerful disinfecting properties and combat pathogenic microorganisms.
The effect of probiotic cleaners is based on the natural principle of biological purification. The main task of probiotic detergent is to populate the surface that needs cleansing with colonies of beneficial bacteria that break down organic contaminants and release substances that create an unfavourable environment for “bad” bacteria, inhibiting their growth.
Each probiotic cleaner consists of environmentally friendly detergent base, which usually contains plant-based non-ionic surfactants, and a strain of probiotic microorganisms. When you apply such cleanser to a surface, probiotics immediately start to work: they release certain substances that break down organic residue on the surface and help probiotics to consume them.
As probiotic microorganisms consume organic contaminants on the surface, they multiply, their colonies grow, and there is no food left for pathogenic microorganisms. In addition, substances released by probiotics create an environment that is unfavourable for the reproduction of harmful bacteria and fungi, thereby providing a disinfecting effect.
The main benefit of probiotic detergents is that they are really effective. Probiotic microorganisms can penetrate even the most hard-to-reach places and clean them of dirt and harmful bacteria or fungi. Another benefit is that such detergents contain no aggressive chemicals at all, since probiotic microorganisms do all the work, and there is no need in aggressive surfactants, acids or alkalis.
Interestingly, probiotics keep on working even after the cleaning is over. They continue to destroy organic residue on treated surfaces and drive out pathogenic microorganisms until they run out of “food”. By displacing pathogenic flora, probiotics also help to purify indoor air and eliminate unpleasant odours, which result from pathogenic bacterial activity.
Since the formulations of probiotic detergents are free of ingredients that can pollute the environment for months and even years, they are completely biodegradable. Moreover, when probiotic bacteria are released into the environment with waster water, they help to purify water reservoirs by inhibiting the growth of microscopic algae and breaking down organic contaminants in the water. It should also be noted that you can clean your home with probiotic detergents without wearing gloves, and that these detergents are completely safe for children and pets.
Traditional household chemicals cannot penetrate deep into the structure of the material that needs cleaning and only work on the surface. Probiotics, however, are able to penetrate even into micropores and microcracks of the treated surfaces and therefore work even in deep layers of materials, cleaning and disinfecting them.
Probiotic household cleansers are environmentally friendly, safe and effective; they provide a long-lasting effect and make cleaning considerably easier. Probiotic detergents don’t leave behind any harmful residue and make indoor air cleaner and fresher. In our online shop Organic Store, you can find a wide range of probiotic household products produced by a Ukrainian brand named Organics. They include disinfectant and odour remover sprays, multi-purpose cleaning sprays, laundry detergents, dish soaps, and more.
