The tablets, based on the original product, contain surfactants which counteract water hardness and break down foods containing starches and proteins, and remove bleachable stains and produce enzymes and foams.

Prior to 2009, the product was known as Electrasol in North America, and as Calgonit in some European countries.

[1] In the early 1950s, the increased use of moulded plastic dinnerware posed a number of problems.

The Finish brand was created in 1953 by the US company Economics Laboratory (now Ecolab).

Circa 2009, all Electrasol products were rebranded under Finish label.