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Branch Basics Cleaning Essentials Kit scores higher on safety - here's why.
R3 scored the Branch Basics Cleaning Essentials Kit 9.9/10 and the Method All-Purpose Cleaner Spray 5.5/10 on the same all-purpose cleaner scoring system, weighing safety, efficacy, and usability. The Branch Basics Cleaning Essentials Kit comes out ahead, led by its safety score (10.0/10 vs 5.2/10).
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Everything you need to make the call - who each one is for, and who should skip it.
Go for it if you...
You want the safest independently verified all-purpose formula available
Someone in your home is sensitive to fragrance
You want one product to replace most household sprays
You want to cut single-use plastic with a concentrate
You want a gentle plant-based spray with no SLS, SLES, or quats
You like the convenience of ready-to-use with refill bottles to cut plastic
You clean a range of sealed hard surfaces with one bottle
You are comfortable with a scented, tinted cleaner that lacks independent certification
The main thing to know
Branch Basics ships as a concentrate you dilute yourself, and it is a gentle everyday cleaner rather than a heavy-duty degreaser for baked-on grease.
Method reads as a clean, plant-based cleaner, but it is not EPA Safer Choice certified or EWG Verified, and it relies on an undisclosed synthetic fragrance, synthetic dyes, and ethoxylated laureth-7 in several scents.
Skip this if you...
You want a ready-to-use bottle with no mixing
You need a powerful degreaser for heavy kitchen grease
Someone in your home reacts to synthetic fragrance or added dyes
You want a cleaner that is independently verified by EPA Safer Choice or EWG
You avoid ethoxylated ingredients such as laureth-7
Neither of these quite what you're looking for?
I've reviewed all All Purpose Cleaner options at every price pointEvery All-Purpose Cleaner in our database is scored using R3's deterministic scoring system - the same inputs always produce the same score. For this comparison, we evaluated Branch Basics and Method across 3 independent criteria: Safety (90%), Efficacy (9%), Usability (2%). No sponsored rankings. No paid placements.
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I'd start with Branch Basics Branch Basics Cleaning Essentials Kit - it scored 9.9/10 overall in our scoring system. Safety is our top-weighted scoring pillar, followed by efficacy, and usability. Check which pillar matters most to your family and compare those specific scores.
R3 uses a deterministic scoring system - the same inputs always produce the same score. We evaluate each All-Purpose Cleaner across Safety, Efficacy, Usability using independently verified data. No sponsored rankings. No paid placements. Every score is fully reproducible.
Not necessarily. The overall score reflects how we weight those three pillars, but your priorities may differ. If you care most about safety, compare the safety scores directly. If budget drives your decision, the prices tell a clearer story. The "right" pick is the one that matches what matters most to your family.
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