"David Harmon" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>
Most store brand cleaning products are diluted... the crap sold at the
dollar/99¢ type stores is greatly diluted... so much so that typically you
pay more for the container than what's in it.