A detergent,detergent packaging and detergent dispensing device combination

A combination for the machine washing of laundry comprises one or more detergent tablets packaged in a packaging system, and a dispensing device for dispensing the detergent tablets in a washing machine during a washing operation. The packaging system includes means for dispensing the tablets from the packaging system into the dispensing device without having to handle the tablets. The packaging system comprises a flow wrap system and the dispensing device is preferably a ball with apertures between 1mm and 10mm. The aperture of the ball through which a tablet is inserted may have means stopping the tablet from being discharged from the ball.