# US 2026/0098232 A1 · Anti-redeposition composition > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0098232 A1 - Document ID: US20260098232A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/259,781 - Filed: 2025-07-03 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2024-07-05 - Assignees: Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. - Applicants: Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. - Inventors: Nea Janette LINTULA; Reeta-Maaret Emilia SALMINEN; Veera Susanna LAAJALA; Conrardus Hubertus Joseph THEEUWEN; Robert Wilhelm VAN GEMERT - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260098232A1 ## CPC - C11D 1/83: Mixtures of non-ionic with anionic compounds - C11D 3/3707: {Polyethers, e.g. polyalkyleneoxides} - C11D 1/04: Carboxylic acids or salts thereof (soap C11D9/00) - C11D 1/22: derived from aromatic compounds - C11D 1/28: Sulfonation products derived from fatty acids or their derivatives, e.g. esters, amides - C11D 1/72: Ethers of polyoxyalkylene glycols - C11D 1/831: of sulfonates with ethers of polyoxyalkylenes without phosphates - C11D 3/0036: {Soil deposition preventing compositions; Antiredeposition agents} - C11D 3/222: {Natural or synthetic polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, starch, gum, alginic acid or cyclodextrin} - C11D 3/225: {etherified, e.g. CMC} - C11D 3/382: Vegetable products, e.g. soya meal, wood flour, sawdust - C11D 17/0008: {aqueous liquid non soap compositions (C11D3/0015, C11D3/3947, C11D3/3956 take precedence)} - C11D 17/06: Powder; Flakes; Free-flowing mixtures; Sheets - C11D 2111/12: Soft surfaces, e.g. textile - C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL ## Abstract A detergent composition includes a pectin and a polysaccharide derivative, such as a carboxymethylcellulose. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A detergent composition comprising a pectin and a polysaccharide derivative. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the polysaccharide derivative is a cellulose derivative. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The detergent composition of claim 2, wherein the cellulose derivative is a carboxymethyl cellulose that has a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 Da to 300,000 Da, as determined using GPC, Pullulan standards. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The detergent composition of claim 2, wherein the cellulose derivative is a carboxymethyl cellulose that has a degree of substitution (Ds) of less than 0.8. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the polysaccharide derivative is chosen from a carboxymethyl cellulose having a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 Da to about 80,000 Da using GPC, Pullulan standards, a polysaccharide-polyacrylate hybrid polymer, and combinations thereof, and wherein the pectin has a degree of acetylation of at least 10%. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the pectin has a degree of methylation of at least 50%. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the pectin has a degree of methylation of at least 50% and a degree of acetylation of at least 10%. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the pectin is a sugar beet pectin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the pectin has a weight average molecular weight of from about 30,000 Da to about 300,000 Da as determined using GPC, Pullulan standards. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of pectin to the polysaccharide derivative is 95:5 to 5:95. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1 that is a liquid laundry detergent composition. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1 that is a solid particulate laundry detergent composition. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1, wherein the detergent composition comprises from about 0.01% to about 70% by weight of a surfactant system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The detergent composition of claim 13, wherein the surfactant system comprises one or more anionic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, or mixtures thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The detergent composition of claim 1 wherein the polysaccharide derivative is a carboxymethyl cellulose that has a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 Da to about 80,000 Da as determined using GPC, Pullulan standards and that has a degree of substitution (Ds) of less than 0.8. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The detergent composition of claim 14 wherein the pectin has a degree of acetylation of at least 10%. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The detergent composition of claim 14 wherein the pectin has a degree of methylation of at least 50%. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The detergent composition of claim 14 wherein the pectin has a degree of methylation of at least 50% and a degree of acetylation of at least 10%. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The detergent composition of claim 16 wherein the weight ratio of pectin to the carboxymethyl cellulose is 95:5 to 5:95. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The detergent composition of claim 17 wherein the weight ratio of pectin to the carboxymethyl cellulose is 95:5 to 5:95. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A method of washing a synthetic fabric comprising contacting said synthetic fabric with a wash liquor comprising a detergent composition according to claim 1.