Water soluble dry foam personal care product

A dry foamed personal care product comprising:

• a water soluble dry foamed polymeric carbohydrate matrix, and
• a personal care active ingredient dispersed in said polymeric carbohydrate matrix,
• wherein said personal care active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of hand soap, shampoo, hair conditioners, face and body lotions, body wash products, sun-tan lotions, shaving cream, bubble bath, bath gel, facial lotions, and after-shave lotions,
• wherein said foamed dry polymer is produced by dispersing said polymeric carbohydrate in a solvent and freeze drying, and
• wherein said polymeric carbohydrate is selected from the group consisting of acemannan, konjac, mannan and heparin.

A dry foamed personal care product comprising:

• a water soluble dry foamed polymeric carbohydrate matrix, and
• a personal care active ingredient dispersed in said polymeric carbohydrate matrix,
• wherein said personal care active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of hand soap, shampoo, body wash products, shaving cream, bubble bath, bath gel, facial lotions, and after-shave lotions, and
• wherein said polymeric carbohydrate is acemannan.

A dry foamed personal care product, wherein said product is formed by a process comuprising:

• (a) mixing 0.01 to 10.0 wt % of a carbohydrate polymer and 0.01 to 5.0 wt % of a personal care active ingredient selected from the group consisting of hand soap, shampoo, hair conditioners, face and body lotions, body wash products, sun-tan lotions, shaving cream, bubble bath, bath gel, facial lotions, shaving cream, and after-shave lotions in 99.98 to 90 wt % water to form a colloidal dispersion;
• and
• (b) drying said dispersion under conditions to form a dry foamed product having 40 to 99% voids by volume, and
• wherein said personal care active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of hand soap, shampoo, hair conditioners, face and body lotions, body wash products, sun-tan lotions, shaving cream, bubble bath, bath gel, facial lotions, shaving cream, and after-shave lotions;
• wherein said polymer is acemannan;
• wherein said personal care product is at least 2 cm.sup.3 ;
• and
• wherein the proportion of personal care active ingredient to foamed polymer is from 1:50 to 1:10.