Absorbent article with high absorbent material content

An absorbent article comprising a front edge, a back edge, a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the article, a length L as measured along the longitudinal axis from the front edge to the back edge, and a crotch point defined as the point placed at a distance two fifths of L from the front edge of the article on the longitudinal axis, the absorbent article comprising:

• a liquid permeable topsheet;
• a liquid impermeable backsheet;
• a pair of barrier leg cuffs extending at least partially between the front edge and the back edge of the absorbent article on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis and present at least at the longitudinal position of the crotch point, each barrier leg cuff being delimited by a proximal edge joined directly or indirectly to the topsheet or the backsheet and a free terminal edge;
• an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet and comprising a core wrap enclosing an absorbent material, wherein the absorbent material comprises at least 80% of superabsorbent polymers by weight of the absorbent material, wherein the absorbent core comprises at least one longitudinally extending channel formed by continuously bonding a top side of the core wrap through a bottom side of the core wrap;
• wherein the at least one channel is continuous in the longitudinal direction and is defined by continuous side portions extending in the longitudinal direction and wherein the width of a portion of the channel is at least 2 mm;
• wherein the article has a Relative Crotch Width Reduction (RCWR) of from 30 mm/kg to 51 mm/kg, wherein the RCWR is calculated according to the formula:
• RCWR
• =
• Wd
• -
• Ww
• Mw
• -
• Md
• wherein Wd is the dry crotch width, wherein Ww is the wet crotch width at the crotch point, wherein Mw is the wet mass of the article, wherein Md is the dry mass of the article, wherein the measurements are made as indicated according to RCWR Test, and wherein the article has a dry crotch width Wd of from 70 mm to 200 mm,
• wherein the absorbent core is joined to the backsheet;
• wherein the article comprises a back region, a front region, and a crotch region between the front region and the back region, and wherein the longitudinally extending channel exists within the crotch region and the front region and is transversely disposed from the longitudinal axis of the article;
• and
• wherein the longitudinally extending channel is substantial free of absorbent material.