# Costco Dishwasher Pods: Chemical Taste and Health Concerns - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2070650702897295768 - Source account: [@WallStreetApes](https://x.com/WallStreetApes) - Source language: English - Duration: 3:27 - Published: 2026-06-27 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns) story time on how i was slowly poisoning myself for weeks and had no idea. this started a few months ago. anytime i would cook i would notice that the food smelled and tasted like chemicals or Perfume or soap or something and I couldn't figure out what it was I convinced myself that I was smelling [0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=19) This new hand soap that I had got that I was smelling it on my hands and it was making my food Tastes like that because I was smelling it but this continued to happen every meal I would make just tasted like chemicals. So I started every time I would cook [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=31) I ended up just throwing it away because the taste was so strong and then my stomach started hurting every time I would eat I would get nauseous afterwards and I was like what the fuck is going on and if I would open like a cabinet where my cups were [0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=45) Smelled like it's so strong or the drawer where my pots and pans were smelled like it's so strong but then i would ask other people do you smell it and they said no i was so confused i was soaking my dishes in vinegar i soaked them in baking soda i soaked them in dawn dish soap i was washing [1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=60) everything by hand it didn't help it still smelled and tasted like chemicals it was like a fucking horror movie it was on everything everything tasted like it everything smelled like it no matter what i did it wouldn't go away i felt like i was fucking losing my mind so one day i don't know what made me think to check [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=77) I went on Costco's website where I got the dishwasher pods from and wouldn't you fucking know, I clicked on the reviews, there are dozens of reviews of people complaining about the same thing. [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=92) And no, I can't say for 100% certainty that my stomach issues or whatever were from the dishwasher pods, but... [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=99) It started right after I noticed all of this happening, and when I stopped using them and cleaned my dishes, my stomach issues went away, so... [1:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=108) But that was the other thing. People in the reviews were saying that no matter what they did, that they couldn't get the smell and the taste off their dishes. [1:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=115) People were saying they had to, like, throw all of their dishes away. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=118) I started using paper plates and plastic utensils for a long time, and eventually, after lots of Googling and reading other people's reviews, reviews. I basically had to take the dishwasher apart, wipe everything down, use citric acid powder. Anyways, it was a whole process. It wasn't just as simple as switching my dish [2:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=137) detergent. It was even doing that, everything still tasted and smelled like it. So thankfully, I finally got it off of everything. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=146) But it was a fucking nightmare for weeks, and how the fuck are y'all still selling these? [2:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=153) I was just so relieved when I read the reviews to finally have a fucking answer because I felt like I was going crazy. [2:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=160) It was quite the fucking chit show for weeks. [2:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=165) What she's talking about is the Costco dishwasher pods and these finishing pods. [2:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=171) What's going on is that these pods contain this chemical. [2:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=174) This chemical is not FDA approved for direct food contact. [2:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=179) Yet it's being put in these dishwasher pods that obviously has direct contact with food. [3:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=184) So it's causing people to get sick, it's an endocrine disruptor, which is not good. [3:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=188) This chemical is also used in popular brands like Cascade, it's used in Costco, Kirkland brand. [3:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=194) And the thing is that there are other brands like this one that don't use this chemical that achieve the same clean results. [3:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=202) So why are we using this toxic chemical when you can definitely make pods without it? [3:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/6HxaSXSe83Xp/en/costco-dishwasher-pods-chemical-taste-and-health-concerns?t=206) you