Soapless shave composition

#This invention involves a shaving preparation which contains substantially no soap, fat, or oil and functions without wetting the skin to be shaved prior to application of the preparation thereto. It is comprised of an aqueous foam containing a polyglycerol ester as foaming agent and includes a water insoluble pulverulent bodying agent to confer the desired texture upon the preparation.

#Within the last 10 years a large body of art has developed involving the formulation of dietary products for weight control purposes particularly for consumption by obese individuals. Development has taken two directions. One has involved the formulation of dietary products providing in themselves complete nutrition so that an obese individual could substitute a measured quantity of such products for his normal food. In this way convenient and accurate control of caloric intake was possible, and yet adequate nutrition was maintained with respect to protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamin, and mineral intake.

#Other developments have not involved nutrition as such, but rather the preparation of imitation foods having very low caloric value yet which closely resemble conventional food products. Such products are attractive for weight control diets and other special diets for the restriction of fats, carbohydrate, salt, residue, etc. since they may be ingested in substantially unlimited quantities and are useful for consumption when eating as a social activity rather than one simply to maintain life. They provide the gustatory pleasure of consuming various types of foods which would otherwise be unavailable or restricted because of the requirements of the special diet. The present invention involves compositions of this latter type.

#The foregoing disclosure has been directed primarily to the preparation of toppings and spreads extemporaneously in the kitchen or home. The following example involves a modification of the blending and whipping steps as described above which can be carried out in industrial equipment to provide a liquid concentrate suitable for delivery from an aerosol container using either nitrous oxide alone or in combination with one of the low-boiling fluorinated hydrocarbons approved for use in aerosol packaging of food products. This modification involves dispersing or dissolving all of the ingredients in the full amount of water to be used in the final product, but accomplishing the dispersion in such a way as to avoid incorporating air and thus obtaining a foam or an air-in-water emulsion as described above. This is accomplished by using a mechanical homogenizer which mixes the ingredients in a closed system and thus avoids the formation of the foam. A foam is subsequently formed on delivery of the composition from the valve of the aerosol container. The following example illustrates this.

#The following ingredients are mixed with heating to about 170.degree. F. in a closed vessel having no free air space above the liquid. The blend is then fed to a mechanical homogenizer and the resulting homogenized liquid is used as the liquid phase for an aerosol container.

#Water 170.0 g.