Surface Cleaners

11 products ranked by Scout score

Best surface cleaners right now

Aunt Fannie's All-Purpose Cleaning Wipes Eucalyptus 95/100
Scout's analysis: This product features a formulation based on natural and biodegradable ingredients, such as distilled white vinegar and plant-derived surfactants, which are effective…
Aunt Fannie's Ultra-Concentrated Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner Lavender 95/100
Scout's analysis: This product features a formulation based on natural and biodegradable ingredients, including distilled white vinegar and a sugar-derived surfactant, which are both…
Trader Joe's Organic Fruit & Vegetable Wash 95/100
Scout's analysis: This product is composed of organic and biodegradable ingredients such as glycerin, distilled white vinegar, and quillaja saponaria wood extract, which are effective…

What to skip

Multi Surface Peppermint Sage Cleaning Wipes 45/100
Scout's analysis: This cleaning product contains several concerning ingredients, including benzethonium chloride, a quaternary ammonium compound, and methylisothiazolinone, both of which…
Safely Multi-Surface Cleaning Wipes Calm 45/100
Scout's analysis: This cleaning product contains several concerning ingredients, including sodium laureth sulfate, which poses a risk of skin irritation and potential contamination with…
Method Daily Shower Spray Eucalyptus Mint 55/100
Scout's analysis: This product contains beneficial plant-derived surfactants like decyl glucoside and lauryl glucoside, which are mild and biodegradable. However, it also includes…

Ingredients to watch in surface cleaners

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 11 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

What the better surface cleaners have in common

Sugar Surfactant (Caprylyl/Myristyl Glucoside) in 3 of 11
Sodium Citrate in 3 of 11
Distilled White Vinegar in 2 of 11
Rosemary Oil in 2 of 11
Eucalyptus Oil in 2 of 11

Common questions about surface cleaners

What scores highest in surface cleaners on Scout?

Aunt Fannie's All-Purpose Cleaning Wipes Eucalyptus leads Scout's surface cleaners ranking at 95/100, followed by Aunt Fannie's Ultra-Concentrated Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner Lavender (95) and Trader Joe's Organic Fruit & Vegetable Wash (95). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in surface cleaners?

Multi Surface Peppermint Sage Cleaning Wipes scores 45/100, the lowest of the 11 products Scout has analyzed in surface cleaners; next lowest are Safely Multi-Surface Cleaning Wipes Calm (45) and Method Daily Shower Spray Eucalyptus Mint (55). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in surface cleaners?

Across these 11 products the most common flagged ingredients are Fragrance, Methylisothiazolinone, Sodium Benzoate, Methylchloroisothiazolinone. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

How does Scout score surface cleaners?

Every product in surface cleaners gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores surface cleaners

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →