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US 9,434,914 B2Granted
Cleaning compositions including fermented fruit solutions and one or more builders
AssigneeEquator Global Limited
InventorsPeter Nelson Wainman, Sirilak Narongtanupone, Sungworn Sangsri
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Abstract
Described herein are cleaning compositions comprising fermented fruit solutions and builders, methods for making the same, and methods for using the same. The fermented fruit solutions can contain fruit, sugar and water. The builder can be selected from the group consisting of a non-phosphate builder, such as sodium citrate and sodium bicarbonate, boric acid and mixtures thereof. The cleaning compositions can be used to clean articles, launder articles, clean stains from articles, and clean surfaces.
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A cleaning composition comprising:
- (a) a fermented fruit solution wherein the total acid content of the fermented fruit solution is greater than or equal to 3.0%, the fermented fruit solution prepared by fermenting a pre-fermented fruit solution with lactic acid bacteria, wherein the pre-fermented fruit solution comprises:
- (i) about 2 to about 20 weight percent of a sugar based on the total weight of the pre-fermented fruit solution,
- (ii) about 20 to about 50 weight percent of a fruit puree based on the total weight of the pre-fermented fruit solution, wherein the fruit is more than 90% pineapple,
- (iii) about 30 to about 75 weight percent of a water based on the total weight of the pre-fermented fruit solution,
- wherein a brix level of the pre-fermented fruit solution is about 12% to about 24%,
- (b) an amount of about 2 to about 30 weight percent based on the total weight of the composition of sodium citrate, sodium bicarbonate, boric acid, or a mixture thereof, and
- (c) a surfactant.
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