Purex Crystals Scent Booster
Submit correction or new panelPurex Crystals.
- Category
- Laundry Additives
- Form
- bead
- Dilution
- Ready to use
- Drying
- No wait required
- UPC
- Not recorded
- Brand
- Purex
Follow manufacturer directions carefully. This category often includes concentrated cleaners, products that need proper dilution, or that require adequate drying time before dog contact.
Scored from a complete published ingredient disclosure and directions.
Why It Scored 7.7
Our independent, evidence-based evaluation of this product across every Clean Wise exposure category. Sponsorship is never an input.
- Ingestion, skin sensitivity, developmental and licking-risk factors for puppies.
- Overall household exposure and ingestion factors for adult dogs.
- Floor-contact residue, irritation and drying-time considerations.
- Fragrance load, aerosols and airborne irritation.
- How exposure lands on toys, bowls, floors and surfaces dogs mouth on. Higher = lower risk.
- Biodegradability, aquatic considerations and packaging.
- Whether the manufacturer publishes the full ingredient list. Undisclosed formulas score 0 and receive a Red Paw Alert.
- Effectiveness on real household soils and dog-home messes.
Clean Wise Verdict
A workable everyday option when the directions are followed closely.
Where to Buy
Canadian retailers on record. Stock and price vary by store and province.
Why this score: ingredient transparency
Transparency is scored on its own, before anything else. It measures how much of this formula the maker actually publishes — not how good the formula is.
Full, first-hand disclosure. Every other Clean Wise rating for this product is built on the printed formula.
- Ingredients published
- 9
- Matched to our library
- 9 of 9
- List recognised
- 100%
- Source
- SmartLabel / SDS
- Sodium Chloride — Common salt, used to thicken liquid cleaners.
- Fragrance — An undisclosed blend that can contain dozens of compounds. A common trigger for respiratory irritation in dogs.
- Maltodextrin — A starch sugar used as a scent-bead filler. Food-grade and harmless.
- Hydrated Silica — An anti-caking mineral. Safe on skin, dusty powders can irritate airways.
- Propylene Glycol — A low-toxicity humectant solvent, safer than ethylene glycol.
- Starch — A plant starch carrier. Food-grade and inert.
Ingredient Breakdown
Disclosed ingredients in the order they appear on the label, with our independent assessment where we hold reference data.
Common salt, used to thicken liquid cleaners.
An undisclosed blend that can contain dozens of compounds. A common trigger for respiratory irritation in dogs.
A starch sugar used as a scent-bead filler. Food-grade and harmless.
An anti-caking mineral. Safe on skin, dusty powders can irritate airways.
A low-toxicity humectant solvent, safer than ethylene glycol.
A plant starch carrier. Food-grade and inert.
The plastic microcapsule shell that holds scent and bursts over days. A persistent microplastic that keeps releasing fragrance onto bedding.
Purely cosmetic colourants that add residue with no cleaning benefit.
The most bitter compound known, added to pods and beads specifically to stop children and pets from swallowing them.
Sodium Chloride, Fragrance, Maltodextrin, Hydrated Silica, Propylene Glycol, Starch, Polyoxymethylene Melamine (Scent Capsules), Dyes, Denatonium Benzoate
Transparency Score
Certifications
No third-party certification is confirmed for this product yet. We only list programs we can verify from the brand or the certifying body.
Higher-scoring alternatives
Better-rated picks in the same category, with the biggest exposure improvements over this product.
- In the air9.0 vs 7.0 (+2.0)
- Paw exposure8.9 vs 8.1 (+0.8)
- Around adult dogs8.8 vs 8.1 (+0.7)
- In the air8.8 vs 7.0 (+1.8)
- If licked8.4 vs 7.0 (+1.4)
- Environmental8.8 vs 7.7 (+1.1)
- In the air8.8 vs 7.0 (+1.8)
- If licked8.4 vs 7.0 (+1.4)
- Environmental8.8 vs 7.7 (+1.1)
- In the air8.5 vs 7.0 (+1.5)
- Environmental8.8 vs 7.7 (+1.1)
- If licked8.1 vs 7.0 (+1.1)
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CleanWise provides educational information to help dog owners make informed household choices. Scores are based upon ingredient transparency, intended use and currently available information. Individual dogs may have different sensitivities. Always follow manufacturer instructions.