Silicone = soap taste

curious about this too! lol

I’ve never heard this and none of the silicone plates/spoons/cups we have make anything taste like soap. I use both the dishwasher or hand wash too and haven’t had any issues. Maybe it’s the kind of soap people are using?

I love the EZPZ plate because it sticks really well to the high chair and is hard to flip off.

I've used the Nuk plates, zero issues.
Oh, except they only suction when you don't need them to. But whatever, no soap issues anyway.

I've never experienced this.

I was using dawn dish soap to wash my babies comotomo bottles and noticed the scent you’re describing and I hated that I would then put that in my babies mouth like I was feeding her soap, I changed my dish soap to seventh generation fragrance free and that fixed that problem!

If you wash them by hand or put in top rack of dishwasher then it shouldn’t happen.

So for this try to use not water and end it with cold water and if that doesn’t work just stick it in the oven to clean remove the smell and taste.

Yeah it's true. All of our silicone plates, straws, plastic bottles etc, smell and taste of soap. Always been on the top rack of the dishwasher. We have to bake it in the oven but wish I hadn't bought them. She still likes to eat off the high chair tray anyway

Dont use fragrant dish soaps. Try to use more natural or even home made soap!

Yeah I’ve washed ours by hand and noticed this our boy has quickly learned to use one of our bowls/plates which I prefer as I worry about plastics and hot food and the plastic leaching /microplasic particles etc, we all need less plastic in our systems!

It’s the type of dish soap/dishwasher soap you’re using on the silicone. Try using a soap that’s more mild 🫶🏼 I find that the dishwashing capsules do leave a soapy taste so I started washing by hand and no longer have the issue.

We use silicone for plates, cups and cutlery. Never had a soap taste or smell.

If you have a very strong fragrant smelling soap/dishwasher soap I can see why this happens to some and not to others. If yours is currently very fragrant and you wanna make sure it doesn’t make the silicone smell soapy maybe choose another brand with a much milder scent 🙃 Usually the more eco brands are more milder in scent in general as they use essential oils for their fragrance

tried that - no difference. The scentless ones could make a difference but they're ridiculously expensive 🤷 cheaper to just get ceramic or stainless steel baby plates

are you using a lot? Many of the comments above have never had issues with silicone smelling, neither have I. I have heaps of silicone baking stuff too and no soapy smell. But I’m very sensitive to strong smelling detergents so even my clothes detergent is very mild. Maybe give them a boil in hot water for 5mins and see if it helps any 💁🏻‍♀️

I did use and wash them every day before I changed the plates yup, whenever I fed her she had the plates. Had to bake everything in the oven for an hour. Then the whole house smelled horribly of soap! Which mild dishwasher tablets do you use?

Earth Choice powder. Same brand for liquid

thanks, maybe powder is the way to go, we are using those 4 in 1 tablets with the extra liquid and Powerball on