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When should I use Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner vs Universal Cleaner?Updated 8 hours ago

TL;DR: Universal Cleaner is the everyday all-rounder for whole-home surfaces. Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner is the kitchen specialist for grease, oil, and baked-on food. Most homes use both: Universal Cleaner for daily benchtops, glass, bathrooms, and floors, and Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner for stovetops, oven trays, BBQs, and pots after roast night.


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Koh Universal Cleaner effective
Koh Kitchen Grease and Oil Cleaner effective

Which one should I use?

Universal Cleaner is the everyday all-rounder, designed for whole-home surfaces: benchtops, glass, mirrors, bathrooms, floors, walls. Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner is the kitchen specialist, designed for grease, oil, baked-on food, and the surfaces in the kitchen that get the worst mess: stovetops, rangehoods, oven doors, oven trays, roasting pans, BBQs, baking trays, splatter behind the stove. Dermatest tested. Most homes use both. Universal Cleaner for daily surfaces, Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner when grease is the problem.

✓ Universal Cleaner

Universal Cleaner is the everyday all-rounder. Benchtops, sinks, glass, mirrors, walls, floors, bathrooms, and general surface cleaning across the whole home.

All-purpose Whole home Daily use

✓ Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner

Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner is the kitchen specialist. Built for grease, oil, baked-on food, and the surfaces in the kitchen that get the worst mess. Dermatest tested.

Kitchen specialist Grease & oil Baked-on food Foaming sprayer

Which cleaner for which job?

Use Universal Cleaner for: benchtops, splashbacks, glass and mirrors, bathroom surfaces, floors, walls, toys, and general spills and marks. Use Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner for: stovetops, rangehoods, oven doors and trays, roasting pans, BBQ grates, greasy pots and pans, baking trays, and splatter behind the stove. For kitchen benchtops with light grease, Universal Cleaner is fine. For kitchen benchtops after a roast dinner with serious splatter, switch to Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner. Both are septic safe, family safe, pet safe, and cruelty-free.

✓ Reach for Universal Cleaner

Benchtops. Splashbacks. Glass and mirrors. Bathroom surfaces. Floors. Walls. Toys. Light kitchen marks and general spills.

✓ Reach for Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner

Stovetops. Rangehoods. Oven doors and trays. Roasting pans. BBQ grates. Greasy pots and pans. Baking trays. Splatter behind the stove.

Edge case: kitchen benchtops with light grease, Universal Cleaner is fine. Kitchen benchtops after a roast dinner with serious splatter, switch to Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner. The kitchen is where the line between the two products is most blurry, and it depends on what you're cleaning up that night.

Koh Universal Cleaner bag-in-box

Universal Cleaner

Everyday whole-home cleaner. Septic safe.

Koh Kitchen Grease and Oil Cleaner bag-in-box

Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner

Kitchen specialist for grease, oil, and baked-on food. Dermatest tested. Septic safe.

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Last reviewed: July 2026 · Koh UK

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