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"  One of the biggest changes to occur in household cleaning in the past year is the removal of phosphates from automatic dishwashing detergents and if you happen to live in a hard water area, you know what I mean. Detergents that previously performed well for you may now leave spots and film on your dishes and the machine. So to see which of the no-phosphate formulas actually clean and handle hard-water minerals best, our Home Appliances and Cleaning Products lab in the Good Housekeeping Research Institute recently put 35 powder, gel, and tablet detergents to the test with an assortment of baked-on, dried-on foods. Overall, we found that most detergents did a remarkably good cleaning job removing most of our tough soils, but not all minimized hard water spotting or left glasses crystal clear. If you are currently using a powder and have been seeing spots, try switching to a tablet. Seven of our top ten detergents were tablets.  The brands that did best in our test and the ones we recommend you try are:   Walmart&amp;#039;s Great Value powder Cascade Complete Gel Cascade Complete Pacs Mrs. Meyer&amp;#039;s Automatic Dish Pacs Finish Quantum Tablets   You&amp;#039;ll find more information about our winning products in our online review of best automatic dishwasher detergents and in our November issue, on newsstands now. For more tips, read our online advice about how to properly use your dishwasher, how to buy a dishwasher, and which dishwashers did best in our latest test. And for a complete look at how we did our test, watch the video below of my segment this morning on The Today Show and sign up for a Good Housekeeping Research Institute tour.  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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