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US 6,440,913 B1Granted
Soap bar comprising about 6% and greater triglycerides which structure well and have desirable user properties
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsGeorgia Shafer, Michael Massaro, Yury Yarovoy, William Lanza
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Abstract
The invention relates to soap bars comprising 6% to 13% triglyceride oils wherein said bars simultaneously have post processing properties and maintain good lather. In a second embodiment, the invention relates to a process of making predominantly soap bars having noted properties comprising adding 6 to about 13% by wt. triglyceride oil(s) at finishing stage post crystallization.
Claims2
A bar composition consisting essentially of:
- (a) 59 to 84% by wt. soap;
- (b) 0 to 10% by wt. non-soap, non triglyceride agents;
- (c) 10 to 18% by wt. water;
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- (d) 6 to 13% triglyceride oil or oils;
- wherein oil or oils is added directly at finishing stage post crystallization such that yield stress of bar is greater than about 90 n/m2 and lather volume is at least 65% relative to base.
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