Making Safer Household Cleaners Out of Food Cleaners are chemicals, whether they are safe, natural, or toxic. This means you can look pretty well anywhere to find a chemical that will clean something. Food contains a range of chemicals. That’s why some of them taste so good. For a starter list of foods that can clean different parts of your house, visit Katherine Martinko on TreeHugger. Click and your house will taste good. Posted by → November 05, 2014 at 12:00 PM under News and Events