Fabric softening composition
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsYun Zhu, Jeanette Ashley
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Abstract
An aqueous fabric softening composition suitable for use in a wash and/or rinse cycle of automatic laundry machine, the composition comprising: (a) from about 0.5% to about 4%, by weight of the composition, of a synthetic anionic surfactant; (b) a fatty acid soap, wherein the weight ratio of the synthetic anionic surfactant to the fatty acid soap is below about 1; (c) from about 0.05% to about 2%, by weight of the composition, of a cationic quaternary cellulose ether polymer.
Claims9
An aqueous fabric softening composition suitable for use in a wash and/or rinse cycle of automatic laundry machine, the composition comprising:
- (a) from about 0.5% to about 4%, by weight of the composition, of a synthetic anionic surfactant;
- (b) a fatty acid soap, wherein the weight ratio of the synthetic anionic surfactant to the fatty acid soap is below about 1;
- (c) from about 0.05% to about 2%, by weight of the composition, of a cationic quaternary cellulose ether polymer.
An aqueous concentrated fabric softening composition suitable for use in a wash and/or rinse cycle of automatic laundry machine, the composition comprising:
- (a) from about 1% to about 6%, by weight of the composition, of a synthetic anionic surfactant;
- (b) from about 14 to about 22% of a fatty acid soap, wherein the weight ratio of the synthetic anionic surfactant to the fatty acid soap is below about 1;
- (c) from about 0.5% to about 2%, by weight of the composition, of a cationic quaternary cellulose ether polymer.
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