What's Best: Liquid, Powder, or Pods for Laundry Detergent?
Laundry detergent pods or pacs appeared in 2012 as one of the biggest changes to laundry products in more than 50 years. The single dose pacs (" pods " a term trademarked by Tide ) contain detergent and sometimes other cleaning or softening ingredients in a small polyvinyl film packet that dissolves in water.