Over 100 years of heritage

The sunlight brand has grown its offering from the simple soap bar to meet the needs of South Africans, with a mild range of gentle and caring yet hard working products. The range now includes the Automatic and Hand washing powders, Dishwashing liquid, Auto- dishwash products, a Fabric conditioner, as well as bath soap. After 120 years the Sunlight name thrives as one of South Africa’s most trusted household brands, instantly recognized; instantly trusted; a worthy tribute to William Hesketh Lever’s vision.

Did you know?

• a study done by research International on Masterbrands in South Africa in 1999, found Sunlight to have the highest spontaneous awareness across fast moving consumer goods brands, making it a true South African icon!
• the famous green Sunlight Soap bar was launched in South Africa in 1891.
• since 1957, Sunlight Dishwash has promised consumers, 'a little goes a long way'
• almost 4 000 tons of Sunlight Soap was sold in the company's first year of trading      

Latest innovations

Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid

In October 2005, Sunlight Dishwashing liquid launched a limited edition fragrance variant whereby every time a consumer purchased this limited edition pack Sunlight gave money to the Childline Safehouse Project, at the end of the promotion Sunlight donated R2 million to this worthy cause. A Big Thank you to all those consumers that supported this worthy cause by buying this variant. Sunlight Dishwashing liquid continues to be the top selling dishwashing liquid in South Africa after many years.

Sunlight Handwash powder

In February 2006, Sunlight handwash powder was re-launched with added stain removers, which helps remove everyday stains you can’t avoid.

Sunlight Bath Soap

In May 2005, Sunlight bath soap launched a new 200g bigger value bar in all variants to their bath soap range.

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