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US 2007/0184995 A1Published application
Process for generating foam from non-aqueous personal wash cleansers with little or no surfactant
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsPravin Shah, Vivek Subramanian, Judith Kerschner, Xiadong Zhang, Rajendra Dave, Frank Meyer
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Abstract
The invention relates to non-aqueous personal wash compositions comprising little or no surfactant but which utilize a foam enhancing system to generate good levels of foam. The invention further relates to process for generating foam from such non-aqueous personal wash cleansers.
Claims3
A process for generating foam from a single chamber receptacle comprising a non-aqueous personal wash composition wherein said process comprises:
- (1) preparing a non-aqueous personal wash composition comprising:
- (a) 0 to 25% by wt. surfactant;
- (b) 15 to 50% by wt. of a foam enhancing system comprising two or more reactants non-reactive in a non-aqueous medium in which they are carried;
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- (c) 30 to 70% of said non-aqueous medium,
- wherein the foam enhancing system of (b) comprises:
- (i) alkalimetal bicarbonate;
- (ii) C4-C24 fatty acid, and
- (2) diluting said non-aqueous personal wash composition with water;
- wherein, when said composition is diluted with water, it will generate at least 25 cc foam after 30 seconds.
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