Dawn Face-Off: Ultra vs. Platinum vs. Platinum Plus PowerSuds

Does one kind of Dawn clean better than the others?

Consumer Reports Home & Trends Writer, Jodhaira Rodriguez.

By Jodhaira Rodriguez
Home & Trends Writer

Updated May 28, 2025

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Dawn Platinum, Dawn Ultra, and Dawn PowerSuds — Dawn's blue-hued dish soaps all clean dishes well.

Dawn is probably the first name many of us think of when we talk about dish soap. The Dawn Ultra Dishwashing Liquid Dish Soap was the editor’s choice in our review of of the best dish soaps, but it isn’t the only dish soap the brand makes.

When Procter & Gamble announced a new iteration of the blue-hued soap, Dawn Platinum Plus PowerSuds, we thought, how much better could it really be than the other Dawn dish soaps? According to the Dawn website, the new formula “is made with 2X the suds that trap, lock, and remove up to 99% of grease from the first dish to last” (vs. Dawn Platinum on greasy soil).

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Jodhaira Rodriguez

Jodhaira Rodriguez is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports. Before joining CR, she tested and wrote about cleaning and organizing products and major appliances like washing machines and dishwashers at Good Housekeeping. In her free time, you’ll find her reading, listening to true crime podcasts, or working on her latest hobby of the month.