An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: 60 to 98 wt % of structural units of formula I

##STR00001## wherein each R.sup.1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH.sub.3 group; and 2 to 40 wt % of structural units of formula II

##STR00002## wherein each R.sup.2 is independently selected from a —C.sub.1-4 alkyl group and wherein each R.sup.3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a methyl group.

The present invention provides a laundry sheet wherein one or more component selected from a group consisting of a builder, an enzyme, a bleaching agent and a bleach activator is contained as a granule in a laundry film prepared using a laundry detergent component and a film-forming water-soluble polymer. The laundry sheet of the present invention completely dissolves in water and thus does not need to be removed after laundering. In addition, the laundry sheet of the present invention has superior cleaning performance, is convenient to use and has superior storage stability.

A bleach activator/complexing agent compound and multi-phase washing and cleaning agents including at least one liquid, low-water to water-free phase and at least one solid, pulverous or granular phase and containing at least one bleach activator, which is compounded with at least one complexing agent. Also disclosed are methods of using such agents in washing and cleaning.

An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.

The present invention relates to a composition, preferably a laundry detergent composition or a laundry additive composition, comprising at least one bleaching agent, at least one bleach activator, at least one oxygen transfer agent, and at least one protease, wherein: the composition comprises between 20 wt. % and 50 wt. % of said at least one bleaching agent, based on the total weight of the composition; and the composition comprises between 0.001 wt. % and 2 wt. % of said at least one oxygen transfer agent, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein said at last one oxygen transfer agent is selected from the group comprising 3-methyl-1,2-benzisothiazol-1,1-dioxide, 1,2,3-Benzoxathiazine, 2,2-dioxide, and combinations thereof. The invention further relates to a method of a laundering a fabric in a laundry washing machine. It also relates to the use of the composition for the removal of stains, malodour removal, and preferably whiteness improvement.

The invention relates to the field of removing various types of deposits from a surface, specifically to means for cleaning metallic and ceramic surfaces of industrial equipment, and can be used for removing deposits, such as oxides of metals (iron, chromium, nickel, etc.), carbonate and salt deposits, asphaltene-resin-paraffin deposits and deposits of a petroleum nature, and deposits of an organic and biological deposits. The proposed solution for removing various types of deposits contains hydrogen peroxide, complexone, an anti-foaming agent, water-soluble calixarene and water in the following ratio: hydrogen peroxide, a catalyst for decomposing peroxide compounds, an antifoaming agent, complexone, water-soluble calixarene and water in the following quantitative ratio:2-35% by mass of hydrogen peroxide; 2-20% by mass of a catalyst for decomposing peroxide compounds; 3-10% by mass of complexone; 0.1-5% by mass of surface-active agent; 0.01%-1.0% by mass of anti-foaming agent; 0.01-1% by mass of water-soluble calixarene, with the remainder being water. The technical result is an increase in the effectiveness of action of a solution (degree of cleaning) for cleaning surfaces soiled with deposits having a high content of organic substances, while simultaneously extending the field of use of said solution.

An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising: a) a mixed builder system comprising soluble builder and crystalline silicate wherein the soluble builder comprises a complexing agent, a phosphonate and a dispersant polymer and wherein the level of each soluble builder in the composition is: a1) from 15% to 40% by weight of the composition of the complexing agent; a2) from 2% to 7% by weight of the composition of the phosphonate; and a3) from 1% to 7% by weight of the composition of the dispersant polymer wherein the soluble builder and the crystalline silicate are in a weight ratio of from 8:1 to 15:1 b) a bleaching system comprising bleach, a bleach catalyst and a bleach activator; and c) from 0% to 20% by weight of the composition of carbonate.

Provided is the use of a lanthanide metal complex as a bleaching catalyst. In particular, the lanthanide metal complex comprises a ligand which is an aromatic compound having at least one electron withdrawing substituent and at least one nucleophilic group. Provided is also a composition containing the lanthanide metal complex.

A method of washing dishware in a dishwasher comprising the step of delivering into the dishwasher: a) a first composition comprising oxygen bleach and substantially free of enzymes; followed by b) a second composition comprising enzymes wherein the first composition has a pH of at least 11 and the pH of the first composition is at least 1 pH unit greater the pH of the second composition wherein the pH is measured at wash concentration at 20° C.

A dishwashing detergent may include a hydrogen peroxide source, a bleach catalyst, and a protease. The protease may include an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 over its entire length and at least one amino acid substitution at at least one of the positions corresponding to positions 12, 43, 122, 127, 154, 156, 160, 211, 212, and 222, relating in each case to the numbering according to SEQ ID NO: 1.