Rinse-active foam control particles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAlan D. Brinson, David X. Cumming, David W. York
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Abstract
The present invention provides rinse-active foam-control particles for inclusion in a detergent composition in powder form, consisting essentially of a soap of fatty acids of which at least 80% contain from 16 to 18 carbon atoms, the geometric mean particle size of the particles being inferior to 1 mm, preferably inferior to 0.4 mm. The present invention also encompasses a process for making said foam-control agents, as well as high sud and low sud executions of detergent compositions containing said foam-control particles.
Claims10
A particulate foam-control composition for inclusion in a detergent composition in powder form, consisting essentially of a soap of fatty acids selected from the group consisting of tallow soap, and tallow/coconut soap with a weight ratio of tallow to coconut not less than 70/30, of which at least 80 % contain from 16 to 18 carbon atoms, the geometric mean particle size of the particles being inferior to 1 mm, wherein said particulate foam-control composition becomes active primarily in the rinse cycle of a washing operation.
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