On Mon, 04 May 2009 12:48:20 GMT in rec.food.cooking, "brooklyn1"
> wrote,
>"David Harmon" wrote
>> If you are buying straight chlorine bleach, with no perfumes or
>> detergents in it, and the percentage of Sodium Hypochlorite listed on
>> the label is the same (often 5.25% for household strength) then all
>> brands are the same thing.
>>
>That's a big "If"... typically the store/generic bleach is not full
>strength, it's usually about a full percentage point lower.

You are absolutely right about that. I was shopping a few days ago and
I wanted to see just how bad it had gotten. I found a shelf full of
"Simply Value" brand bleach that was labeled 2.75% -- just about half
the standard strength, and the price was not all that much lower.
What a rip.