Cif

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Cif

Product type	Household cleaning
Owner	Unilever
Country	France
Introduced	1965; 56 years ago (1965)
Related brands	Jif, Vim, Viss, Handy Andy
Markets	51 countries, Global
Website	www.cifclean.co.uk www.viss.de

Cif is a French brand of household cleaning products owned by the Anglo-Dutch company Unilever, known as Jif in Australia, New Zealand, Japan,^[1] Middle East and the Nordic countries.^{[citation needed]}

Cif was launched in France in 1965 and was marketed in competition against scouring powders (such as Vim scouring powder) as a creamy and hence protective, but powerful domestic cleaner.

Name[]

Cif is sold under the names Jif, Vim, Viss and Handy Andy, depending on which of the 51 countries it is sold in.

In Sweden, the United Kingdom and South Africa, the products were originally sold under the name Vim before this was changed to Jif, the launch name in Ireland, the Netherlands and Hong Kong. In January 2001, the name in most of these countries was changed to Cif in order to align marketing and product inventories across the continent. Despite this, many in the United Kingdom, and most in Ireland, continue to call the product Jif.^{[according to whom?]}

The name change from Jif to Cif was confirmed by Unilever in December 2000.^[2]

In Belgium, Finland and Portugal, the product was known as Vim for quite some time, after which it became Cif. In Canada and India, it is still called Vim. Recently^[when?] advertisements for Cif surface grease cleaner have started to appear in India, while the Vim name is still used for the kitchen dish cleaning product. In Germany, the cleaner's name is Viss. In Norway, the product is still today traded as Jif. It is also still traded in Iraq as Jif, with local Arabic and English writing.

Products[]

• Cif Bathroom Mousse
• Cif Stainless Steel Cleaner
• Cif Bathroom Cleaner
• Cif Kitchen Cleaner
• Cif Power Cream

References[]

External links[]

• UK product website
• Australian Jif product website
• German Viss product website (in German)
• Japanese Jif product website (in Japanese)