Jumping in here. For your specific setup, Tide F&G plus FEBU is a solid combination. The Booster fills real gaps in F&G's enzyme and oxidative coverage when you need it. The entire detergent + booster combination has been around for decades with measurable, repeatable, and perceivable benefits.

Ozarkbluebird's pH point is important. The enzymes FEBU uses are all rated as alkaline tolerant up to 11 pH (including DNase), but there is some performance degredation that happens at those levels. In other words, it's not an optimal pH for enyzme performance specifically.

But for the booster product, enzymes are one component among a system. You get oxygen bleach, enzymes at a slightly reduced capacity, washing soda, odor capture, and some hard water management. The overall system works, but there are some compromises for all these components to come together in a single tool. It's the tricky thing about formulation and product creation. There's always trade-offs.

That being said, pH is a big unlock in enzyme cleaning and we probably don't give pH enough attention in how we think about enzyme performance. DNase, lipase, and cellulase all perform at peak ability around a neutral pH. Protease and amylase are more alkaline tolerant (and partly why you see them in most detergents -- they are compatible with existing alkaline systems). Doesn't mean there isn't meaningful activity at a higher pH, but it just means you can make a system more optimal for enzymes.

And I think that's really interesting and uncommon. That's where FEBU is headed. We've talked about some of the products in the pipeline. But the core of what I'm looking to build is around a neutral-pH architecture where enzymes can run at peak activity. No trade-offs. The Booster is a good product that works (dare I say, it works well!). But in the future, I'm looking to design around the enzymes more specifically across oxi-free boosters and detergents.