Water-dispersible fibrous nonwoven coform composites

A water-dispersible fibrous nonwoven composite structure comprising a matrix of meltspun water-degradable reinforcing fibers and a plurality of particles disposed within and held by said matrix, wherein said meltspun water-degradable reinforcing fibers further comprising a water-dispersible polymer having a first peak tensile stress in the presence of an aqueous solution having greater than about 1000 ppm of a kosmotrope and a second peak tensile stress in the presence of an aqueous solution having less than about 1000 ppm of a kosmotrope, said second peak tensile stress being at least 90% less than said first peak tensile stress.

A water-dispersible fibrous nonwoven composite structure consisting essentially of a matrix of meltspun, ionically triggerable, water-degradable reinforcing fibers and a multiplicity of discrete absorbent fibers disposed within said matrix, wherein said composite structure disperses in a period not exceeding 30 minutes in deionized water.