Tide is made out of surfactant molecules, which have two components - water friendly and anti-water. ... In Original Tide, you will also find fluorescent whitening agents to help brighten clothes, enzymes to remove tougher stains such as blood or grass marks, and various fragrances to help provide a fresh scent.

What is a fluorescing agent in detergent?

Fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs), also known as optical brighteners or brightening agents, are the dyes responsible for making clothes (and a host of other things) appear whiter and brighter. ... Before FWA use became ubiquitous, bluing was used by homemakers to make white laundry whiter (See Figure 1).

Does Tide have bluing agents?

Whitening and brightening

These are the parts of Tide detergents that keep your clothes at their brightest and whitest. Hue dye: Bluing counteracts the yellowing that sometimes develops in white fabrics after repeated use and laundering.