HELP!
Am trying to find biological w/powder with no luck. Do the Spanish have a different name for it?

Mercadona sell Ariel Actilift in powder - that's biological isn't it

Yes Lynn it is and I think that most places sell it.

Rosemary

look for powders saying 'biologico' they have all the main brands, not always the same name as the UK, but the pack design in very similar. Persil is available, but under a different name, can't remember just what though.

Skip if I'm not mistaken, which I possibly am.

I'm pretty certain you're right

as in not mistaken............

Yes that's it, SKIP, the pack design in the same as the Persil one in the UK. Incidentally I was heavily involved in the press launch of Persil Aloe Vera washing powder in the UK.

Persil is under the name "Wipp" in Spain.
I know I have seen that brand at Carrefour for sure. I cant remember if I saw it at Mercadona or Consum but I am sure it will be at one of them.

What about Omo?

Persil is both names

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persil

according to the Unilever company, just as they have Surf and Persil in the UK. WIPP is the Spanish name for Surf. SKIP is their name for Persil.

On Wikipedia it says : Henkel AG manufactures, distributes, and markets Persil in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and most other European countries. In addition, they sell to several Middle East countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Henkel markets Persil under the name "Dixan" in Greece, Italy and Cyprus; and under the name "Wipp" in Spain and China

Funny this should come up - I heard someone on the radio talking about "bio" detergents earlier, and he said that it is standard for all washing powders in most of Europe to contain these enzymes. It's only the UK that distinguishes bio and non-bio.

Research published in the British Journal of Dermatology showed that they didn't produce an allergic reaction, any more than non-bio ones did.

I wonder what the mark up is on washing powder/liquid ?
Fancy that they produce it for very little money

I have noticed that Ariel is about four times the price of Mercadona own brand (Bosque Verde) and doesn't get the clothes any cleaner ...

I guess they have to pay for all the advertising and inventing "new" products that people never knew they needed before!