Granular surfactant composition of improved flowability compromising sodium silicate and linear alkylbenzenesulfonates

A process for preparing a granular surfactant composition of sodium silicate and other constituents, wherein the granular surfactant composition comprises from 20 to 95% by weight of sodium silicate and from 5 to 80% by weight of at least one linear alkylbenzenesulfonate and wherein the granular surfactant composition has a mean particle diameter of ≧50 μm and a ffc value of ≧7, the process comprising mixing a finely divided crystalline sodium disilicate having a particle diameter d90 of ≦150 μm with an aqueous solution of at least one linear alkylbenzene sulfonate to form a mixture and drying the mixture with a dryer aiding agglomeration to produce a granular material as a result of suitable agitation of the material, with the proviso that for the mixing, no energy intensive mixer imparting from about 1×1011 to about 2×1012 erg/kg of energy to said mixture at a rate of from about 1×109 to about 3×109 erg/kg·s is used.