How to Remove Food Stains with Vanish

From oily to chocolate stains and everything in between, find out how to remove all sorts of food stains.

Food Stains
It doesn’t matter whether you’re dining at a fancy dinner party or shovelling in a quick bite before a long meeting – you may often find yourself struggling to remove food stains from your favourite clothes. Now you can also tackle lingering odours and keep colours bright when you wash them with Vanish. No matter what you spill on your clothes, when you use Vanish Oxi Advance in your wash the deep action gives your garments a thorough clean every time.

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Back to School Food Stains

Banish the food stains that happened during lunchtime at school.
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Chocolate recipe ideas and bake stains that could result

Baking with chocolate can be as fun, but stains that result can be messy!
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Kitchen activities to spend time with kids without worrying about stains.
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Grilling delicious food is always fun till it makes a mess.
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Ice Cream Stains

A brief history of ice cream and a simple solution for those pesky ice cream spills.
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Not another spill! Soup Stains

Get rid of stains caused by the soup splashes, drips and spills in no time.
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Pasta

Pasta: ingredient, cooking tips, and stain removal steps.
People eating at a table, with plates of food and glasses of water

Fighting Stains at the Sauce: Stain Free Festive Feasts

Remove the toughest stains caused by the most popular common condiment culprits.
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Stains from Around the World

Discover global stains like hummus, soy sauce, and curry, with quick tips for easy removal!
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Tips for Removing Stubborn Orange Stains

For stubborn orange stains from juices or sauces, treat with Vanish Oxi Action Gel or Powder for quick removal.
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The many stains of Autumn

Most magical time of the year, and you don't have to worry about stains.
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How to Get a Chocolate Stain Out of Carpet & Rug

For those of us who love chocolate, there’s no doubt that it tastes heavenly, and it is not just a myth that it can make you happy, as consuming chocolate helps the brain produce serotonin, the neurotransmitter, and hormone responsible for feelings of happiness and joy.

Get a Chocolate Stain Out of Carpet

How to Remove Curry Stain from Leather Sofa

Leather upholstery, especially sofas, is perfect for comfort, socializing, rest, and relaxation. Protecting the appearance of the leather sofa is vital for keeping the luxury upholstery clean, healthy, and looking better over time.

How to Remove Curry Stain from Leather Sofa

How to Remove Turmeric Stains from Clothes

Turmeric is a golden yellow spice derived from the roots of the turmeric plant and adds a distinctive taste and luscious color to your food.

Remove Turmeric Stains from Clothes

How to Get Curry Stain Out of Carpet

Curry is a popular South Asian cuisine that generally consists of an eclectic medley of native spices, such as cumin, coriander, turmeric, ginger, garlic, onions, chili peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and veggies.

Get Curry Stain Out of Carpet

How to Remove Ketchup Stains From Clothes, Carpet, and Upholstery/Furniture

Ketchup adds a tangy, sweet, and flavorful contrast with a wide range of food, such as potato dishes, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, sandwiches, and grilled or fried meat.

How to Get Ketchup Out of Clothes, Carpets & Upholstery

How to Get Mustard Out of Clothes With Ease!

Mustard is a popular condiment for BBQs, picnics, and pool parties because it is a great substitute for mayo, butter, or other higher-calorie options. 

How to Remove Mustard Stains From Clothes

How to Get Oil Stains out of Polyester

Polyester is an inexpensive, durable, and high-tenacity fabric appropriate for clothing production. With proper care and maintenance, you are likely to enjoy your polyester for years. 

How to Remove Oil Stains From Polyester

How to Get Oil Out of Carpet

The daily wear and tear experienced by carpets and upholstery/furniture can lead to numerous challenges, including dirt, dust, allergens, and particularly troublesome stains, such as oil stains.

How to Remove Oil Stains from Carpeting

How to Get Oil Out of Jeans

There’s nothing more frustrating than oil stains on clothes, especially on jeans. Whether it is a juicy bite from your favorite curry or shawarma or hovering over a splattering pan without an apron, suddenly you’ve got a dirty oil stain — and wondering whether you'll ever be able to wear these jeans again.

How to Get Oil Stains Out of Jeans

How to Get Tomato Sauce Out of Carpet

Tomato sauce is one of the planet’s most widely used sauces due to its versatility, rich flavor, and nutritional benefits. It serves as a base for many dishes across cuisines, is easy to prepare, can be adapted to different tastes and dietary needs, and is widely culturally significant.

How to Get Tomato Sauce Out of Carpet

How to Remove Chocolate Stain Like a Pro

Chocolates are used for ice cream, candy bars, chocolate chip cookies, and other delicious treats.

How to Remove Chocolate Stain Like a Pro

How to Remove Curry Stain Like An Expert

The complex combination of spices in curry gives the dish its exotic taste. Sadly, the same vibrant spices, especially the pigment called curcumin, found in turmeric, can permanently stain fabrics if a curry spill is not addressed immediately.

How to Remove Curry Stain Like An Expert

How to Remove Egg Yolk Stain

The drippy nature of egg yolk makes it hard to avoid accidents when consuming eggs. But if the yolk happens to escape the plate or miss your mouth, it leaves protein-based stains, considered the hardest to remove on clothes, but if you act quickly enough, you can easily eliminate them.

How to Remove Egg Yolk Stain

How to Get Oil Stains Out of Clothes

There’s nothing more frustrating and annoying than seeing oil stains on your clothes. Whether splattered or spilled, these stains appear so innocently suddenly and often darken and permanently set into the fabric once dried.

How to Get Oil Stains Out of Clothes

How To Remove Tomato Sauce Stain

No matter how careful you are, tomato sauce always makes it onto your clothes, carpets, and upholstery/furniture, producing a tannin-based tomato stain. 

How To Remove Tomato Sauce Stain

How to Get Out Blueberry Stains from Clothes

Blueberries and strawberries are two of the most popular berries. Both are considered a good source of natural sugar and are enriched with nutrients and antioxidants.

How to Get Out Blueberry Stains from Clothes

How to Remove Butter Stains from Clothes

Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churning milk or cream, sometimes adding salt. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condiment, and used as a fat in baking, sauce-making, pan frying, and other cooking procedures.

How to Remove Butter Stains from Clothes

How to Remove Turmeric Stains from Carpet

Turmeric is a flowering plant belonging to the ginger family. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Turmeric is used to create a golden-orange spice—a major ingredient in curry powder, which is known for adding color, flavor, and nutrition to foods.

How to Remove Turmeric Stains from Carpet

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CLOTHES LIVE LONGER WITH VANISH

From statement pieces to everyday workwear, you want the clothes you love to last for longer. At Vanish, we believe that every garment you own should bring you joy again and again. Our Oxi Action formula can help to keep clothes in tip-top condition by safely removing stains without compromising your garment's integrity. Vanish also helps keep colors bright and removes lingering odors. Just add a dose of Vanish to every wash!

Clothes Live Longer With Vanish