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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsDavid William Koenig, Michael Andrew Zawadzki, Cathleen Mae Uttecht, Jeffrey Janne Johnson, David Andrew Moline, Rebecca Ann Vongsa, Amy Lynn Vanden Heuvel, YoungSook Kim, SangHa Park, Jessica Caroline Rogers
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The present invention relates to prebiotic compositions and formulations comprising an α-hydroxy acid and salts thereof, such as lactic, glycolic, citric, tartaric or malic acid and a prebiotic agent, such as inulin, fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), lactulose, galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS), raffinose, stachyose, isomalto-oligosaccharide, and xylo-oligosaccharide. Prebiotic compositions of the present invention provide a surprisingly synergist prebiotic effect and may be administered in several forms to a user, such as by application to a premoistened wiping substrate or dry bath tissue.
A prebiotic wipe comprising a wiping substrate and a prebiotic composition disposed thereon, the prebiotic composition comprising from about 0.5 to about 2.0 percent, by weight of the prebiotic composition, a prebiotic agent selected from the group consisting of inulin, fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), lactulose, galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS), raffinose, stachyose, isomalto-oligosaccharide, and xylo-oligosaccharide, from about 0.01 to about 1.0 percent, by weight of the prebiotic composition, α-hydroxy acid and water, wherein the weight ratio of the α-hydroxy acid to the prebiotic agent is from about 1:100 to about 1:200 and the wipe comprises from about 500 to about 1,500 mg of the prebiotic agent and from about 10 to about 50 mg of the α-hydroxy acid per square meter of wiping substrate.
A prebiotic wet wipe comprising a wipe substrate and a liquid prebiotic composition disposed thereon, the prebiotic composition comprising:
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