Hypo is a potent stain remover that comes in affordable volumes. ... Hypo bleach is also effective in the laundry of white shirts, socks, singlets and fabric as a whole. The active ingredient is sodium hypochlorite, an inorganic salt containing sodium, oxygen and chlorine.

Is Hypo the same as bleach?

Among Nigerian households, Hypo is now synonymous with bleach as Google is synonymous with search.

Is hypo chlorine bleach?

Sodium hypochlorite is most often encountered as a pale greenish-yellow dilute solution referred to as liquid bleach, which is a household chemical widely used (since the 18th century) as a disinfectant or a bleaching agent. ... Sodium hypochlorite is the oldest and still most important chlorine-based bleach.