We have used Kirkland dishwasher gel for years. Recently, my husband has been complaining that the glasses & dishes have a soapy smell & taste. He rinses & rinses a glass before he can use it. I kept insisting it was just him, but now that I have read a lot of reviews, I realize he must not be just imagining this! For some reason, I don't notice the taste & I have no complaints about how well it cleans. Now, I don't know what to switch to.

I dont like the new dishsoap at all.....hate the fragance!

I was wondering why people kept posting on this old thread, but we had the same experience with the new (earlier this year) Costco liquid dish detergent. The dishes smelled and even tasted of it after they switched formulas and it was disgusting. My husband didn't notice it the way I did but he has a much less acute sense of smell than I do. We switched back to Cascade and don't have problems anymore. It's too bad, the Kirkland brand was a good deal but that smell was HORRIBLE.

Just to chime in - we also have really hated the new formula, as has already been stated many times, it doesn't wash the dishes, leaves a film behind, and the food and drink tastes like the fragrance. We switched brands and dishes had to be scrubbed by hand or go through 3-4 additional cycles before that terrible fragrance washed away!

We found out, too late, about the horrors of Kirkland Enzyme based dishwasher detergent. We poured it into our dishwasher's automatic liquid detergent dispenser, after having used a chlorine based detergent, and then we experienced horrible odors, dirty dishes, and a dishwasher that won't drain. We found the dishwasher's tech manual online which contained a warning about mixing chlorine and enzyme based products, because they COAGULATE!!! We discovered a polymer/rubbery film over everything, and the entire dishwasher/filter/pump is a snarly stinky mess. We purged the dispenser, cleaned and suctioned the cloudy water, and cycled the machine with vinegar about 30 times. It is finally getting back to good working order. The Kirkland product is horrid, but even Cascade makes both types of products - you really need to read the labels very carefully! Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh. . . I'm not kidding, my re-usable water bottles taste like the "New & Improved (not)" Kirkland Signature soap. I even rinse the plastic bottle (Nalgene) multiple times before I put my water in it. At first it's not noticeable, but by lunchtime, it tastes like I'm drinking the detergent straight out of the KS bottle, so it must be leaching out of the plastic of my Nalgene bottle after a few hours. I am done with this detergent. They need to go back to their old formula.

I had the same experience with Cascade so I bought the Kirkland brand hoping for better results - it was just as bad. It all smells and leaches into my cutting boards, plastic lids, bamboo spoons, etc. Very disappointing.

Anonymous wrote:phosphates - same with eco-friendly and tres expensive salon products!

So forget about "squeaky clean" hair.

f your hair is 'squeaky clean' you have stripped it of all it's natural oils. Cosmetics/Hair Care companies have convinced us that our hair should be 'squeaky clean' after washing, to be followed by their new and improved conditioners.

Oh my gosh. . . I'm not kidding, my re-usable water bottles taste like the "New & Improved (not)" Kirkland Signature soap. I even rinse the plastic bottle (Nalgene) multiple times before I put my water in it. At first it's not noticeable, but by lunchtime, it tastes like I'm drinking the detergent straight out of the KS bottle, so it must be leaching out of the plastic of my Nalgene bottle after a few hours. I am done with this detergent. They need to go back to their old formula.

I agree. New smell is horrible and stays on all dishes - plastic/glass. The steam created from the dishwasher while washing also brought on asthma attacks! I returned Kirkland brand and bought Cascade at grocery store. No more asthma attacks, perfume smell is less, but still very very noticeable. Gross!

Awful for my baby's bottles! Glad I found this before I replaced my dishwasher!

I used your softener for years and had no problem with it but now it is way to thick to use. I have to add about a gallon of water to it for it to be able to come out of the little opening in the bottle. The dish soap doesn't clean my dishes good any more. So I am going to start useing some other kind of soaps.

Yes agree! I am so happy its just not me!

This Costco dish soap ruined my dishwasher. Can't get the smell out of it. I used the old formula for years. This new stuff ruined our plastic portable coffee mugs and has somehow adhered to all the plastic in our dishwasher.

The smell just won't leave.

Has anyone had any issues returning the detergent at Costco? It's terrrrible..

I used a supermarket brand and all the glasses smelled like perfume. YUK. Now I know why...using the gel packs now.