Our Story

So I'm not a writer or any type of activist, but I love and I mean love animals.

Our Story

So I’m not a writer or any type of activist, but I love and I mean love animals. Especially my dogs. I started Limited Ingredient because I had a need for something better than the typical cleaning products. I’m an 18 wheeler truck driver, don’t laugh, it’s true. I travel all across the U.S. and I had my best best best friend with me Juno BIG BRAT DOG 😀 I love her so much, but what a bed hog.

And meet her little sis Koko

Now lets be absolutely clear here Koko might be small in stature but she is queen and runs the house. What Koko wants Koko gets and we love doing it for her. She is without a doubt the sweetest dog in the world just wants to give Papa kisses. I love my dogs and I love being on the road, but being in a semi for weeks at a time has its challenges. One of the biggest is keeping the truck clean. I’m very picky about keeping the truck neat so after walking Juno or playing in the snow with her we would get back in the truck and oh my what a MESS ahhhh. So to the cleaners I went, and without fail she would start sneezing or pawing at her eyes as soon as those harsh chemical smells would hit her snout. I felt horrible every time. Sorry Juno sorry my baby. The odor lasted and lasted. I just got fed up and decided that I would come up with something better.

So I started doing my research trying different combinations and working with my supplier to come up with something that first off worked. I needed two things in the truck: a multi-purpose cleaner and a glass cleaner. I want it to be naturally safe around kids and pets with NO DYES and as few ingredients as possible. I tried working with vinegar based products with oxygen based products in different strengths and combinations and just found them to be too harsh on the surfaces such as stone, porcelain,

stainless steel or even paint and way too strong in odor and not what I wanted to offer my customers. I could do better. I decided to take a more holistic approach and started researching Plant Based solutions. Now remember I’m a trucker. You know the big ruff truck stop type of guy, not your typical plant based demographic LOL, but let me tell you something when I got the first batch from the chemist WOW I knew we had something different. Let’s start with the look and even the feel of the cleaners. Just looking at the first batch of samples I knew I was on the right path. The cleaners are clear, no artificial colors, just a clear natural product with no extra crap in them. No B.S. blue, orange, pink or any other unnecessary artificial color that does nothing other than add more chemicals into your home “ Limited Ingredient For A Healthy Home” That became the mission. Products you can use 365 days a year For A Healthy Home. ( Yes I came up with that so give props) LOL…. The next thing I noticed was how light it sprayed. It just seemed softer and lighter as I sprayed it, nothing heavy weighing it down. I used a light lavender scent to create a calming sense in the multi-purpose cleaner going away from typical citrus or chemical smells. Light and fresh, that’s what I wanted. Next I used them real world testing i.e. the TRUCK test thats cabinets, vinyl, dashboard, steering wheel, seats and of course the torture test the dreaded rubber FLOOR. This was a full on just got home from a month on the road test. I cleaned every nook and cranny top to bottom and the all purpose cleaner kicked that grims ass. That and two rolls of paper towels but my truck was spotless and smelled great, not over powered by lavender but clean and fresh. It really looked and smelled great. Then the windows inside and even worse outside. Got out the Limited ingredient Glass Cleaner and went to town. Starting with the outside windshield have you ever really been up close to an 18 wheelers windshield. Not a pretty sight, bugs hit it like a hammer hits a nail. Starting at the top busted into the third roll of paper towels and started wiping again I noticed how light it was as it came out of the trigger it made that window shine. I did the driver and passenger windows hit the inside and looked around and new Limited Ingredient had its first two products For A Healthy Home. Just one more test. The girlfriend test uh oh not that….. But if she likes it I know I really had something. She doesn’t like anything I do… Don’t tell her I said that she’d kill me, that’s just between Me and anyone on the internet just not her. OK I’m joking but she really is picky and especially if it has anything to do with Koko so if I get a stamp of approval from those two I’d move forward into production. So Koko has her puppy pads down in the back bedroom on the tile floor and every once in a while either her timing or her aim is off we can’t actually tell but she’ll miss the target. When it happens she (the girlfriend not Koko) would use your typical household cleaner, you know pick one anyone they’re all loaded with chemicals and dyes so Girlfriend would keep Koko out of the room until the odor would go away. She took Limited Ingredient Multi-Purpose Cleaner and gave it a try. A few minutes later she came out to my office (Girlfriend not the dog) and said yup I’d buy it. This is so much better than what we’d been using. Now it’s her go to multi-purpose cleaner for counters, sinks, walls, doors, our ceramics, any hard surface stainless steel patio furniture whatever go to town it works. So its plant based eco friendly works awsome.safe around pets and kids its everything I set out to creat for Limited Ingredient I hope you give it a try for yourself buy one of each for the house one of each for the boat or RV the office the car get one of each for your second cousin on your mothers side For A Healthy Home. Thank you very much for reading our story and I am truly grateful for the opportunity to share these great products with you.
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