- Origin? 100% Natural
- What is it? As the name suggests, you can find citric acid in citrus fruits, but it is also in some vegetables such as tomatoes and lettuce. Citric acid is a natural preservative and antioxidant. It has many different applications, including in food (bread, wine) and cosmetics.
- Why is it in YOKUU? Our citric acid plays a dual role: it is used for its natural cleansing power and to make your pearl effervescent. It does the latter hand-in-hand with our baking soda. These two ingredients ensure that your product dissolves quickly.
Founder Joris isolates the bacteria from nature
Currently, we use five different strains of bacteria in YOKUU products. Each product contains a unique mix. Founder Joris continues to search the forests for new strains.
Discover our five cleaning champions
Fictitious names are used to protect our secret bacterial formula.
Tarty
Origin?
100% natural, not genetically modified.
Where can you find Tarty?
Tarty produces lactic acid and likes to be in more acidic environments such as yoghurt. Tarty is also often used as a food supplement because it has a positive effect on the intestinal flora.
Why is it in YOKUU?
Tarty produces acid and is therefore suitable for descaling surfaces!
Fluffy
Origin?
100% natural, not genetically modified.
Where can you find Fluffy?
Fluffy likes to stay in the feathers of birds. There it eats lint through the production of special substances such as keratin.
Why is it in YOKUU?
Fluffy removes dust and ensures a slower adhesion of dirt!
Fatty
Origin?
100% natural, not genetically modified.
Where can you find Fatty?
Fatty likes to eat fats; he is a real glutton. Fatty is often used as a resource when cleaning oil-contaminated soils. Fatty likes all those high-fat oils!
Why is it in YOKUU?
Fatty is champion at getting rid of fats!
Sweety
Origin?
100% natural, not genetically modified.
Where can you find Sweety?
Sweety is a real sugar fanatic! That's also why it likes to ferment food. In addition to eating sugar, Sweety produces vitamins, which means that it is used in food for humans and animals.
Why is it in YOKUU?
Sweety is the ideal ally for a healthy home.
Jackson
Origin?
100% natural, not genetically modified.
Where can you find Jackson?
Jackson is a real fighter. In agriculture, it is used as a biological alternative to chemical pesticides on plants. Pathogens prefer not to come near it. In addition to fighting, Jackson is extremely skilled at breaking down starches and proteins.
Why is it in YOKUU?
Jackson is a champion in getting rid of odours and is very important in building the natural balance at home!
What other ingredients do you find in our products?
Citric acid
Baking soda
- Origin? 100% Natural
- What is it? Baking soda (or Sodium Bicarbonate) is a mineral that occurs naturally in rock. It is a multifunctional powder, has a cleaning effect and has a degreasing, deacidifying and descaling effect, among others.
- Why is it in YOKUU? Like citric acid, we use baking soda for its natural cleaning power and to make your pearl effervescent. The latter goes hand-in-hand with our citric acid. These two ingredients ensure that your product dissolves quickly.
Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulphate
- Origin? 100% Natural
- What is it? Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (also known as "SLS", or "Sulfuric acid") is a surfactant, or a substance that can be used in combination with water to dissolve oil and grease. It is often found in toothpaste, for example, to create a little foam.
- Why is it in YOKUU? Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate is in our products as an active ingredient to get rid of caked on dirt and grease. It enhances the degreasing effect alongside our good bacteria.
Sodium sulphate
- Origin? 100% Natural
- What is it? Sodium sulphate powder is used in foods as an acidity regulator and anti-caking agent.
- Why is it in YOKUU? Sodium sulphate is only in our Floor cleaner. Why? To avoid lumps and to make it as easy as possible for you to measure out a teaspoon.
Potassium sorbate
- Origin? Synthetic
- What is it? Potassium sorbate is an agent that is added to food as a preservative, as it inhibits the growth of fungi. You may find it under the E number E202 in your beverage, cheese or Stevia product. You can find potassium sorbate naturally in the berries of the mountain ash, but in most products (as with YOKUU) this has now become a synthetic agent.
- Why is it in YOKUU? Potassium sorbate is used as a preservative, so that your dissolved YOKUU products will last for at least three months, and you can use them for a long time.
Perfume
- Origin? Synthetic
- What is it? A mix of fragrances to give a fresh scent to our products. A fruity scent (lemon, apricot, peach, lime) with a mix of white flowers and spices.
- Why is it in YOKUU? To create a fresh scent experience while cleaning with YOKUU. The smell is minimal, so that people with allergies or chemical sensitivity will not be bothered by it.
