What's really in the bottle
What we use
Sage Essence cleans Austin homes with six raw plant-based and mineral ingredients, combined in specific ratios for each surface and task. For sanitizing we use Briotech, a hypochlorous acid sanitizer registered with the U.S. EPA (EPA Reg. No. 93108-1), the same antimicrobial your immune system makes. It leaves no residue and no fragrance, because there is no fragrance to begin with. If you are searching for eco-friendly or green house cleaning in Austin, Sage Essence goes a step further than most: it is not only plant-based and non-toxic, it is fragrance-free: no essential oils or scents added for fragrance. Here is the line-by-line difference between conventional cleaning and the Sage Essence method.
What "eco-friendly" means at Sage Essence, specifically: the short list of plant-based, mineral and other simple ingredients named on this page; no essential oils or scents added for fragrance, no air fresheners, no chlorine bleach and no ammonia; and HEPA-filter vacuums. Sage Essence is fragrance-free on every visit, not only on request.
| The job | Conventional cleaning | Sage Essence |
|---|---|---|
| Surfactant | Synthetic detergents, often petroleum-derived | Professional-grade plant-based castile soap (Sal Suds) |
| Sanitizing | Quaternary ammonium ("quats"), chlorine bleach | Hypochlorous acid (Briotech, EPA Reg. No. 93108-1), the same antimicrobial your immune system makes |
| Hard water & grime | Phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid | Food-grade citric acid and sodium carbonate |
| Whitening & odor | Chlorine bleach, synthetic fragrance to mask | 3% hydrogen peroxide, breaks down to oxygen and water |
| Polish & shine | Silicone-based aerosols, ammonia | 91% isopropyl alcohol on microfiber and food-grade mineral oil for wood |
| Fragrance | Synthetic blends often containing phthalates | None. By design. |
| Vacuum filtration | Standard household-grade filters | HEPA, which can theoretically remove at least 99.97% of 0.3-micron airborne particles (EPA) |
Studies in respected journals link routine exposure to common cleaning chemicals with asthma in adults and respiratory irritation in children, and the fumes linger in the air your pets breathe too. Sage Essence was built around a different answer.
Does a scented cleaning product really affect people with asthma?
Yes. In a 2018 nationally representative U.S. survey, 42.3 percent of adults with asthma reported health problems from being in a room that had been cleaned with scented products, and 64.3 percent reported some adverse effect from fragranced products in general. Sage Essence LLC cleans Austin homes with products that contain no fragrance at all, so that room does not exist.
"Even natural fragrances such as citrus can react to produce dangerous pollutants indoors."
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