Liquid detergent composition
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsNeeraj Gupta, Sachindew Manodjkoemar Ramcharan, Simon Marinus Veerman, Patrick Zwamborn
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Abstract
The present invention provides a liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising surfactant material other than fatty acid soap, an effective amount of a water-soluble dye, an enzyme and from 1% to 20% wt of fatty acid soap having from 12 to 20 C atoms, wherein at least 1% by weight (based on the liquid composition) of the fatty acid soap is unsaturated. In addition said composition comprises from 0.01% to 3% wt of a perfume composition and from 0.001% to 2% by weight of an antioxidant. It was found that the color characteristics of said composition do not deteriorate during storage.
Claims4
A liquid laundry detergent composition comprising:
- (a) from 5% to 70% by weight of surfactant material other than fatty acid soap;
- (b) from 2 to 10% by weight of a fatty acid soap selected from oleic fatty acid, coconut fatty acid and palm kernel fatty acid, wherein at least 1% by weight based on the liquid composition of the fatty acid soap is unsaturated;
- (c) from 0.01% to 3% by weight of a perfume composition wherein the perfume composition comprises at least 0.1% by weight based on the liquid composition of a perfume component selected from terpene, ketone, aldehydic perfume and mixtures thereof;
- (d) an effective amount of water soluble dye selected from the group consisting of anthraquinone-based, azo-based and triarylmethane-based;
- (e) an effective amount of an enzyme;
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- (f) from 0.01% to 0.08% by weight of an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-hydroxy-toluene, α-, β-, γ-, δ-tocopherol, benzisothiazoline-3-one and mixtures thereof.
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