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| Product type | Laundry detergent |
|---|---|
| Owner | Unilever |
| Produced by | Hindustan Unilever Unilever Sri Lanka Unilever Pakistan [1] |
| Introduced | 1996 |
| Related brands | OMO, Breeze, Skip |
| Markets | South Asia except Nepal |
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