Church & Dwight Company Description
Whether you call it saleratus (aerated salt), sodium bicarbonate, or plain old baking soda, Church & Dwight is the world's #1 maker of the powder. Church & Dwight's ARM & HAMMER baking soda, first marketed in 1846, is used as a deodorizer, a cleaner, a swimming pool pH stabilizer, and as leavening. While laundry detergent represents Church & Dwight's top consumer business by sales, the company also makes a variety of other products, such as bathroom cleaners, carpet deodorizer, air fresheners, Brillo scouring pads, toothpaste, antiperspirants, Trojan condoms, industrial-grade carbonates, cat litter, and animal nutrition. It operates in North America, as well as in Australia, Brazil, China, France, and the UK.
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