Domestos: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 20:18 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Domestos Extended Power Citrus Fresh 750 ml (GTIN 5996037079780), a wanted barcode from the 2008 site ("Domestos Citrus Fresh, 750ml"). - Identity came from the Open Food Facts shelf photo (198. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Domestos <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Domestos
founded: 1929
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target           | market | from | until | ended | status  | source | note                                                                       |
| -------- | ---------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/unilever | global | 1961 |       |       | sourced | ^wiki  | Acquired by Lever Brothers in 1961; Wikipedia names Unilever as the maker. |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref  | url                                    | title               | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ---- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestos | Wikipedia: Domestos | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Domestos is a British brand of household cleaning products based on bleach, mainly sodium hypochlorite. It was first produced in 1929 by the industrial chemist Wilfred Handley and sold door to door in Newcastle upon Tyne, was acquired by Lever Brothers in 1961 and is made by Unilever.[^wiki] Its UK advertising slogan "Kills all known germs. Dead." is the best known.[^wiki]
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