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US 6,255,265 B1Granted
Low synthetic soap bars comprising organic salts and polyalkylene glycol
AssigneeLever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsEdward Andrew Van Gunst, James Joseph Corr, John Gerard Sheehan, Joseph Podgorsky
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Abstract
A bar composition comprising about 50-80% soap, about 4 to 35% by wt. free fatty acid and less than about 4% synthetic surfactant. Addition of 1% to 10% organic salt has been found to allow use of little or no surfactant while maintaining consumer desirable properties.
Claims9
Bar composition comprising:
- (a) 50% to 80% by wt. soap;
- (b) 4% to 35% by wt. free fatty acid;
- (c) 1% to 10% by wt. of an organic salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal isethionate, alkali metal citrate, alkali metal acetate, organic salt of aspartic acid, organic salt of acetic acid, organic salt of D-gluconic acid, alkali metal gluceptate and mixtures thereof;
- (d) 5% to 20% by wt. water;
- (e) 0% to 20% by wt. benefit agent;
- (f) 5% to 30% polyalkylene glycol;
- wherein composition has less than about 4% synthetic surfactant.
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