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US 2022/0033732 A1Published application
Detergent composition
AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsStephen Norman BATCHELOR, Neil Stephen BURNHAM
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Abstract
A laundry detergent composition, comprising: a) from 4 to 50 wt. % of surfactant; wherein from 50 to 100 wt. %, preferably from 60 to 100 wt. %, more preferably from 80 to 100 wt. %, even more preferably from 90 to 100 wt. %, most preferably 100 wt. % of the surfactant is an edible surfactant. A domestic method of treating a textile, comprising the steps of:—a) treating a textile with an aqueous solution of 0.5 to 20 g/L of the detergent composition; b) optionally rinsing and drying the textile.
Claims12
A laundry detergent composition, comprising:
- a) from 4 to 50 wt. %, preferably from 4 to 40 wt. % of surfactant;
- wherein from 50 to 100 wt. %, preferably from 60 to 100 wt. %, more preferably from 80 to 100 wt. %, even more preferably from 90 to 100 wt. %, most preferably 100 wt. % of the surfactant is an edible surfactant;
- wherein the edible surfactant is an organic acid derivative of mono- and di-glycerides of the form:—
- wherein one or two, of R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from an acyl group of the formula R4CO—;
- where R4 is a linear or branched, saturated or mon-unsaturated C9 to C21 alkyl chain;
- wherein one or two, of R1, R2 and R3 is selected from an organic acid of generic formulation (HOOC)nXCO—;
- wherein X is saturated or monounsaturated organic group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n=1 to 3;
- wherein one or none of R1, R2 and R3 is selected from H.
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