Cleaning composition

A cleaning composition, comprising

• a. water;
• b. 0.01 to 70 wt-% of one or more detergent surfactants;
• and
• c. 0.1 to 4 wt-% of defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils;
• wherein
• the primary cell wall material is sourced from plant parenchymal tissue;
• at least 80 wt % of the microfibrils is smaller than 50 nm in diameter;
• and
• the defibrillated primary cell wall material has a fibre homogeneity parameter FHP of at least 0.022;
• and wherein the fibre homogeneity parameter FHP is established by the protocol as described herein.

A cleaning composition, comprising

• a. water;
• b. 0.01 to 70 wt-% of one or more detergent surfactants;
• and
• c. 0.1 to 4 wt-% of defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils;
• wherein
• the primary cell wall material is sourced from plant parenchymal tissue;
• at least 80 wt % of the microfibrils is smaller than 50 nm in diameter;
• and
• the defibrillated primary cell wall material has a fibre defibrillation parameter FDP of at least 0.10 Hz;
• and wherein the fibre defibrillation parameter FDP is established by the protocol as described herein.

A method for preparing a cleaning composition, wherein the cleaning composition comprises

• a. water;
• b. 0.01 to 70 wt-% of one or more detergent surfactants;
• and
• c. 0.1 to 1 wt-% of defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils;
• and wherein
• the primary cell wall material is sourced from plant parenchymal tissue,
• at least 80 wt % of the microfibrils is smaller than 50 nm in diameter;
• and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
• i. providing a source of primary cell wall material;
• ii. dispersing the primary cell wall material in an aqueous phase, thereby to form an aqueous dispersion comprising between 0.1 and 1 wt-% of the primary cell wall material;
• iii. treating the aqueous dispersion to obtain a dispersion comprising defibrillated primary cell wall material, whereby the treatment includes a high shear treatment step selected from high pressure homogenisation at a pressure of between 500 and 2000 bar and microfluidising at a pressure of between 500 and 2000 bar;
• wherein other constituents of the cleaning composition are independently mixed into the aqueous phase before step ii, between steps ii and iii, after step iii.

A method for preparing a cleaning composition, wherein the cleaning composition comprises

• a. water;
• b. 0.01 to 70 wt-% of one or more detergent surfactants;
• and
• c. 0.1 to 4 wt-% of defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils;
• and wherein
• the primary cell wall material is sourced from plant parenchymal tissue,
• at least 80 wt % of the microfibrils is smaller than 50 nm in diameter;
• and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
• i. providing a source of primary cell wall material;
• ii. dispersing the primary cell wall material in an aqueous phase, thereby to form an aqueous dispersion comprising between 0.1 and 4 wt-% of the primary cell wall material;
• iii. treating the aqueous dispersion to obtain a dispersion comprising defibrillated primary cell wall material, whereby the treatment includes one or more high shear treatment steps and wherein the treatment is such that the fibre defibrillation parameter FDP of the defibrillated primary cell wall material is at least 0.10 Hz or the fibre homogeneity parameter FHP of the defibrillated primary cell wall material is at least 0.022;
• wherein other constituents of the cleaning composition are independently mixed into the aqueous phase before step ii, between steps ii and iii, or after step iii;
• and wherein the fibre defibrillation parameter FDP and the fibre homogeneity parameter FHP are established by the protocols as described herein.

Use of defibrillated cell wall material comprising microfibrils to increase the foam stability of a cleaning composition comprising water and 0.1 to 70 wt-% of one or more detergent surfactants, wherein the cleaning composition has a composition homogeneity parameter CHP of at least 0.022 0.030,

• and wherein
• the primary cell wall material is sourced from plant parenchymal tissue;
• at least 80 wt % of the microfibrils is smaller than 50 nm in diameter;
• and wherein the composition homogeneity parameter CHP is established by the protocol as described herein.

Use of defibrillated cell wall material comprising microfibrils to increase the foam stability of a cleaning composition comprising water and 0.1 to 70 wt-% of one or more detergent surfactants, wherein the defibrillated cell wall material has a fibre defibrillation parameter FDP of at least 0.010 Hz,

• and wherein
• the primary cell wall material is sourced from plant parenchymal tissue;
• at least 80 wt % of the microfibrils is smaller than 50 nm in diameter
• and wherein the fibre defibrillation parameter FDP is established by the protocol as described herein. AMENDED SHEET