Is Tide or Persil Better

Our photospectrometer revealed that—across all our tests—Persil removed an average of 2 percent more stains than Tide. While that difference isn’t clearly visible to the naked eye, it does make a difference over repeated washings—and that’s how Persil eked out a win over a longstanding favorite.

Is Persil as good as Tide?

Our photospectrometer revealed that—across all our tests—Persil removed an average of 2 percent more stains than Tide. While that difference isn’t clearly visible to the naked eye, it does make a difference over repeated washings—and that’s how Persil eked out a win over a longstanding favorite.

Is Tide detergent really better?

Although a few detergents we tried did better on specific stains, Tide Ultra Stain Release was consistently a top performer, and it removed more blood, sebum, and cocoa than any other detergent we tested. It also did a good job of getting bacon smells out in our odor testing.