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Assessment of the functional performance of European laundry processes and detergents 53Table 3-6 Textile detergents selected from NorwayDetergent Omo Ultra Omo Taed Plus Omo Color Omo ColorCode detergent N-A N-B N-C N-DType of detergent Tablets Traditional Liquid TabletsDetergent for colouredtextiles (yes/no)no no Yes yesDosage 2 tablets 165 mL 60 mL 2 tablets= 86.2 g = 103.3 g = 60.0 g = 85.9 gTable 3-7 Textile detergents selected from SpainDetergent Puntomatic Ariel Alpine Micolor Gel Puntomatic ColorCode detergent E-A E-B E-C E-DType of detergent Tablets Traditional Liquid TabletsDetergent for colouredtextiles (yes/no)no no Yes yesDosage 2 tablets 190 mL 135 mL 2 tablets= 68.9 g = 127.0 g = 143.0 g = 60.8 gA reference detergent is tested in parallel with the other detergents, both withand without sodium perborate tetrahydrate (SPB) and bleach activator TAED.This is reference detergent A* in IEC 59D/207/CD [20].3.3.2 ResultsThis section presents the assessment of the detergents’ wash performance inthe four European countries. The test was conducted under fixed conditions,and the results evaluated should be comparable with regard to the differencesbetween the detergents tested.Wash performance of detergents for white textilesDetergent types A and B are compacts and traditional detergents (respectively)which are specifically designed to keep textiles white. Thus we callthem detergents for white textiles. Results are shown in table 3-8.Greece and Spain seem to have the detergents for white textiles with highestwash performance. Both countries are known to use traditional detergentsmost commonly, and it is interesting to see that the Spanish traditional detergenttested has a better wash performance than the compact detergent tested.This is probably the reason why Spanish consumers choose traditional detergentsinstead of compacts, presuming that this is true in general for these two