Customer Reviews for Dawn Ultra Antibacterial Liquid Dish Soap, 8/Carton (PGC97318)
Item # : PGC97318
Model # : PGC97318
- Cuts through tough food residue and grease.
- Leaves dishes sparkling clean.
Price is $6.97
Unit of measure 1/Each
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638 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Mar 7, 2024
Great, discontinue?
Great job, used all the time. Is the orange hand/dish soap going to be discontinue?
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Most helpful critical review
Posted Dec 29, 2025
Not the same great scent anymore.
I've been using orange Dawn dish soap for years and loved it. The scent was delightful and would leave the kitchen smelling fresh. Lately I noticed the acwnt wasn't the same at all. More chemical and hardly any citrus. Please bring back the old formula!
Dt1949
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Posted Dec 29, 2025
Not the same great scent anymore.
I've been using orange Dawn dish soap for years and loved it. The scent was delightful and would leave the kitchen smelling fresh. Lately I noticed the acwnt wasn't the same at all. More chemical and hardly any citrus. Please bring back the old formula!
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Response from Staples :
Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding the recent changes to the scent of our Dawn dish soap, specifically the orange variant. We understand how important the fragrance is to your experience, and we sincerely apologize for any disappointment this may have caused. We take feedback very seriously and we appreciate your passion for our product. if you would like to share more of this experience with us, please contact us at the number (800) 725-3296 and our team will be more than happy to take your insights and help you with any question or concern that you may have. Have a nice day.
January 8, 2026
Joeee
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Posted Mar 7, 2024
Great, discontinue?
Great job, used all the time. Is the orange hand/dish soap going to be discontinue?
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Picky
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Posted Dec 4, 2023
No Good Anymore
This Dawn is nothing like it use to be
Use to make lots of cleaning suds
But not anymore
Very disappointed
Use to make lots of cleaning suds
But not anymore
Very disappointed
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Response from Staples :
We're sorry you didn't get as many suds as you expected with your Dawn Antibacterial Hand Soap, Dishwashing Liquid. Our products undergo many quality checks to ensure they get to you with the best results. A lack of suds or bubbles doesn't mean the product isn't cleaning your dishes. Even if there are very few suds, the solution will carry on cleaning your dishes. But if you prefer a sink full of bubbles, we recommend trying the following:
* Add the dishwashing liquid to the sink before you add the water.
* Run your tap at high pressure.
* Swish the solution with your hands to get the level of suds you prefer.
* Use water that's 105 to 115°F (40.56 to 46.11°C).
Using a scouring pad or washing a lot of extra greasy dishes may make your suds disappear faster. If that's the case, just add more dishwashing liquid. So we can help you further, please call us at (800) 725-3296 from 9 AM to 6 PM EST Monday through Friday.
December 11, 2023
Cfssqh
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Posted Aug 11, 2023
Great
Buy this all the time use for hand washing items need the antibacterial that can't go in laundry
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Sue1311
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Posted Apr 25, 2023
Excellent Product.
I love this. Not only for my dishes, but I use it on my nebulizer mouthpiece to keep bacteria away. Rather than having to boil it or mix up a vinegar solution, it is a time saver. I love the orange scent but not the green apple scent. I have a lot of problem finding the orange one. Especially in the smallest bottle which I keep under my bathroom sink. I have been refill...
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cruzf
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Posted Mar 9, 2023
Love it
The best diswashing liquid I have used. It is very strong with the grease. It does not leave any stain on my dishes. đź’Ż
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MollyNM
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Posted Dec 4, 2022
Safe for pets? “Hand Soap”?
Two Important Question & Comment:
1. I bought DAWN ULTRA ANTIBACTERIAL HAND SOAP, DISHWASHING LIQUID, ORANGE to clean my my parrot’s cage. It’s important I know if this product is safe for pets! If not, that info should be clearly labeled somewhere on the labels.
2. It says prominently “Hand Soap.” Is this just another way of saying the product is safe for hands? It...
1. I bought DAWN ULTRA ANTIBACTERIAL HAND SOAP, DISHWASHING LIQUID, ORANGE to clean my my parrot’s cage. It’s important I know if this product is safe for pets! If not, that info should be clearly labeled somewhere on the labels.
2. It says prominently “Hand Soap.” Is this just another way of saying the product is safe for hands? It...
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honeytapia
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Posted Nov 10, 2022
My go to dish soap!
I love the smell of this dish soap right along with the fact that it has amazing dish cleaning powers and kills germs on my hands.
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Bucky
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Posted Sep 10, 2022
Deception Plus!!!! All for the mighty buck.
If I wanted a hand soap I would have bought one specifically for this reason. Maybe I should buy a hedge clippers to cut my hair the next time.
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Response from Staples :
Hi Bucky! We're sorry for the confusion. This product is designed to be used on dishes and to kill bacteria when used to wash your hands. It says hand dishwashing liquid right under the brand logo. The information on the label needs to be there to meet government requirements. Hope this helps! If you have further questions, give us a call at (800) 725-3296.
Aizaz Khalid, September 10, 2022
Coolgram24
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Posted Sep 3, 2022
Hand soap only, dish soap or both?
I bought this last week, thinking it was dishwashing liquid, but the bottle says it is antibacterial hand soap, that is for hand washing and doesn't say anything at all about washing dishes with it. So, is it for dishes or not? If it is not, then it should be in a differently shaped bottle than your dishwashing liquids and be shelved with the hand soaps. I love Dawn ...
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Response from Staples :
We thank you for your feedback. Your comments will help with our research, and you can be assured we are sharing this with the rest of our team. But, again, we're sorry for the confusion. This product is designed to be used on dishes and kill bacteria when washing your hands. We hope this helps, and so we can learn more about your experience, please call us at (800) 725-3296 when you have a moment.
Aizaz Khalid, September 7, 2022
JDLil127
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Posted Aug 16, 2022
Dubious name.
This is not dish soap, so please rename it. Product name and description is very mis leading. I am Surprised you haven’t been sued yet.
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Response from Staples :
We're sorry if there is any confusion abut the uses of Dawn Ultra Antibacterial Hand Soap Dishwashing Liquid. This is a dishwashing liquid with a powerful lift-action formula that tackles greasy food messes to get dishes sparkling clean. It also has the benefit to help fight bacteria on hands when it is used full strength as a hand soap in accordance with the directions. If you have any questions about our Dawn products, we're here to help. Give us a call at 1-800-725-3296 from 9AM -- 6PM EST Monday–Friday.
Aizaz Khalid, August 18, 2022
Knitnut
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Posted Apr 11, 2022
Disappointed
I thought I was buying dish soap. Suds disappear and dishes don’t feel clean. Shouldn’t be labeled as dish soap.
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Response from Staples :
We're sorry to hear that you're feeling disappointed, since Dawn goes through many quality checks to ensure that you can enjoy great cleaning results. As well, we'd like to assure you that this product is hand dishwashing liquid, and it says so right under the brand logo on the bottle. It's also designed to kill bacteria on the skin when used to wash your hands. It also may be helpful to know that a lack of suds doesn't mean the product isn't cleaning your dishes. Even if there are very few suds, the solution will continue cleaning the dishes. If you'd like to increase the amount of suds, we suggest adding the dishwashing liquid to the sink before adding water, and swishing the solution with your hands. We hope this helps, and we'll be sure to pass your thoughts along to the rest of our team. Please give us a call at (800) 725-3296 if you'd like further assistance.
Maria Picard, April 14, 2022
Vicki Lynn
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Posted Mar 18, 2022
Will not buy again
I thought I was buying dishwashing soap but instead I bought hand soap. This is not dishwashing liquid - Very misleading in that the bottle is similar to dishwashing liquid. I didn’t realize it until I experienced a huge difference in the ability for this soap to clean my dishes and realized I was using hand soap on my dishes and was expecting the performance of dishw...
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Response from Staples :
We're sorry to hear that this was your experience, Vicki, and we'll be sure to pass your thoughts along to the rest of our team. Our products go through many quality checks, and we'd expect you to enjoy sparkling dishes with ease when using Dawn. We can assure you that our Dawn Antibacterial can be used to clean your dishes, and it does say hand dishwashing liquid right under the brand logo. However, this product can also kill bacteria when used to wash your hands. To ensure you get great cleaning results, we suggest using more product if you live in an area with hard water. We'd be happy to learn more and answer any questions you may have, so please give us a call at (800) 725-3296 when you have a chance.
Maria Picard, March 22, 2022
Wulf
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Posted Dec 28, 2021
Not the best
I bought both this and apple and have been using them a while. Annoyed at how often I seem to have to drain and refill my sink but then saw this "hand soap" thing pointed out. True, it might be used for both but so can normal dish soap. If I specifically want antibacterial hand soap, I will buy that. I'm going back to Dawn Platinum, it's always been the best.
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We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us, and we'll be sure to pass all of this along to the rest of our team. We'd like to gather more details and help get you back to the version of Dawn you prefer, so please give us a call at (800) 725-3296 when you have a moment!
Maria Picard, December 30, 2021
Arodri66
This reviewer received a free product or coupon in exchange for an unbiased review of the product
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Posted Dec 16, 2021
I loved the scent!
The dawn soap had a strong scent that I loved! Citrus scents are my favorite actually. The soap lathers very nicely and can be used for both washing hands or dishes. I have even used to scrub my kids cloth canvas shoes. It brings up the dirt very easily.
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Posted Dec 14, 2021
I have a small
I have a small bottle of this that I use to clean my makeup brushes with. It smells so good and works really well at breaking up the makeup, but not damaging the bristles on the brushes. Plus it doesn't stain and washes easily down the drain.
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Monkey12
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Posted Dec 7, 2021
confusion!
You have climbed on the pandemic bandwagon and you obviously changed the formula. It does not cut grease like it use to. If I want hand washing liquid I will buy soft soap to use. Guess soap is soap and it'll wash dishes too! also on this review it says"did you receive a free product-and it asks you to click yes. WHY? I clicked NO!
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Response from Staples :
Our Antibacterial soap is formulated to tackle greasy food messes with the added benefit of being antibacterial on hands when used full strength as a hand soap, so we're sorry to hear about your experience with your recent bottle! We'd like the chance to gather more details so we can further help with this, so please give us a call at (800) 725-3296 when you have a moment.
Maria Picard, December 7, 2021
moody blue eyes
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Posted Nov 22, 2021
confused by the confusion?
it's dish soap. some varieties are anti-bacterial as well, so they can work well as a sanitizing hand soap in addition to other purposes.
as for the "active ingredient/purpose" confusion, those are not separate assertions regarding the product.
the active ingredient is chloroxylenol. the purpose of chloroxylenol is as antibacterial hand soap..but it also handles dish ...
as for the "active ingredient/purpose" confusion, those are not separate assertions regarding the product.
the active ingredient is chloroxylenol. the purpose of chloroxylenol is as antibacterial hand soap..but it also handles dish ...
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MercyMer312
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Posted Nov 20, 2021
ALSO CONFUSED
You told some other customers that it says hand dishwashing liquid right under the brand logo. Well, no it doesn't. Under the logo it says antibacterial hand soap. The only place it says dishwashing liquid is at the bottom where it reads; Orange scent vs Dawn non-concentrated dishwashing liquid. (Photo 1)
NOWHERE on the bottle does it say anything about cutting grease...
NOWHERE on the bottle does it say anything about cutting grease...
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Response from Staples :
MercyMer312, thanks so much for leaving your review, it's very helpful. We apologize for the confusing label and will share your feedback with our Manufacturing Team. As we previously stated in our response to another consumer review, federal requirements make it necessary to include 'Dishwashing Liquid' on the label. So this soap is not only effective at killing bacteria on your hands, but it will also kill bacteria on your dishes. Cleaning dishes, after all, is what we're famous for! You're always welcome to give us a call at (800) 725-3296 with any questions or other concerns.
Maria Picard, November 23, 2021
Nance60
This reviewer received a free product or coupon in exchange for an unbiased review of the product
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Posted Nov 6, 2021
Cleans great
I used to use another brand of antibacterial soap. Several weeks ago I saw Dawn’s soap and decided to try it. I was delighted with the way it cleans my dishes and it smells good. I
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