Originally Posted by
bocastephen
No problem with customs for the detergent, but I’m also bringing back curry and cooking sauces with meat and shellfish that would be more interesting to them than laundry detergent.
I didn’t know Ariel was a global brand, that’s interesting to know as I might be able to find it locally. We’ve been Persil users for years but we’re very impressed by the Ariel product, I think it’s far better.
Nice that it's not causing any issues, maybe because it's a full tubful, or just inbound to the US? TSA keeps opening my checked luggage on my outbound or domestic flights when I bring a handful of Tide pods in a ziplock to use at laundromats while travelling. They don't ever put them back in the ziplock and plastic container to keep the contents from spilling inside if the pod does ever burst.
At the same time I found a lot of laundromat machines will automatically dispense detergent in Japan so I stopped bringing my own.
I also kinda find it funny that it's owned by P&G, a US company, but they don't market this brand in the US.