Laundry detergent compositions comprising a saccharide gum degrading enzyme
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Steven Paul Georges Cooremans, Kevin Robert Johnstone, Kotikanyadanam Sreekrishna, Charles Winston Saunders, Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, André Cesar Baeck
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Abstract
The present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions, comprising a saccharide gum degrading enzyme, providing excellent cleaning performance, especially food stain/soil removal, dingy cleaning and whiteness benefits.
Claims6
A method of removing non starch food polysaccharides from fabric, said method comprising the step of contacting a fabric with a laundry detergent composition comprising a saccharide gum degrading enzyme and a cellulase;
- wherein said saccharide gum degrading enzyme is selected from the group consisting of Arabinase;
- Xanthan lyase;
- Poly (α-L guluronate) lyase;
- Agrarase;
- Carrageenase and mixtures thereof.
A method of removing non starch, non cellulose food polysaccharides from fabric, said method comprising the step of contacting a fabric with a laundry detergent composition comprising a saccharide gum degrading enzyme;
- and a cellulase wherein said saccharide gum degrading enzyme is selected from the group consisting of Arabinase;
- Xanthan lyase:
- Poly (α-L guluronate) lyase;
- Agrarase;
- Carrageenase and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.