Dwight & Church shakes out another household use for baking soda

Baking soda is not just for deodorizing and baking. It already has many uses and, now because of a new package design, can have even more.

Dwight & Church, manufacturers of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, have come up with a way to make the useful product even more useful. A high-density polypropylene canister with a shaker top now carries Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Vegetable Wash.

The product is basically the same as that found in the box, but the new package makes it more practical to use for other things around the house, according to Melissa Miller of Dwight & Church.

"You can't put the box near the sink because it will get wet, making the product wet," Miller says. "The plastic shaker now allows the baking soda to travel around the house."

The stock container is supplied by Silgan Plastics.

Miller tells us that the real engineering came when creating a label to put over the top. "Although it was not a resealable label, we had to have an adhesive that didn't react with the baking soda," she explains. An engineer working with the company at the time developed just that adhesive.

The container is easy to hold and shake. To use it, consumers just sprinkle the baking soda over vegetables and wash. Soft or leafy vegetables are recommended to be soaked in a mixture of baking soda and water.

While the product is marketed as a vegetable wash, Miller says it can also be used as a non-abrasive kitchen cleaner or as a soak for pots and pans.

The new container appeared in stores beginning this past summer.

Silgan Plastics (314) 542-9223 www.silganplastics.com

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