A SOLID FREE-FLOWING PARTICULATE LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: ROBLES, Eric San Jose, LATIMER, Katherine Esther, CUTHBERTSON, Melissa, VACCARO, Mauro, BROOKER, Anju Deepali Massey
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.05.2021
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; METALLURGY; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

The present invention relates to a solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition comprising a particle, wherein the particle comprises: (a) from 25wt% to 80wt%, by weight of the particle, a continuous phase; and (b) from 20wt% to 75wt%, by weight of the particle, a discontinuous phase, wherein the continuous phase comprises from 66wt% to 100wt%, by weight of the continuous phase, fatty material, wherein the fatty material is selected from: fatty acid and/or salts thereof; fatty alcohol; and any combination thereof, wherein the discontinuous phase comprises: (i) from 12wt% to 50wt%, by weight of the discontinuous phase, non-ionic and/or anionic emulsifier surfactant; (ii) from 12wt% to 50wt%, by weight of the discontinuous phase, hydrophobized polyethylene glycol polymer; (iii) from 25wt% to 70wt%, by weight of the discontinuous phase, silicone and/or petrolatum; and (iv) from 0.01wt% to 20wt%, by weight of the discontinuous phase, perfume, wherein the weight ratio of (i) the non-ionic and/or anionic emulsifier surfactant to (ii) hydrophobized polyethylene glycol polymer present in the discontinuous phase is in the range of from 0.5:1 to 2:1.