Rinso

Rinso
Product typeLaundry detergent
OwnerUnilever
CountryUnited Kingdom
Introduced1908; 116 years ago (1908)
Related brandsSurf
MarketsWorldwide
Rinso giveaway at a Wellington store opening with Sir Edmund Hillary (left) and Selwyn Toogood (right), 1956.

Rinso is a brand name of laundry soap and detergent marketed by Unilever. The brand was created by Robert Spear Hudson and originally branded Hudson's Soap, which was sold to Lever Brothers of Port Sunlight, England, in 1908.[1] It was introduced in the United States by Lever Brothers Company in 1918.

  1. ^ "History of soap". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-05-23.