A method of treating a fabric in a washing machine using a cold and/or a quick program, including contacting the fabric with a treatment liquor comprising at least 1x10.sup.2 CFU/1 of liquor, of bacterial spores wherein the cold program includes a wash having a bath temperature below 30° C. and/or the quick program lasts less than 40 minutes.

The disclosed technology relates to a formulation for a unit does cleansing product without the use of a film package, which contains a basic cleansing composition and a structurant comprising C6-C30 fatty acid or mixtures thereof and at least one water soluble polymer or water dispersible polymer.

A cleaning composition can include: (a) linear alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant; (b) alkyl ethoxylated sulphate surfactant; and (c) alkoxylated polymer, wherein the alkoxylated polymer includes a core structure selected from sugar alcohol including at least 4 hydroxy moieties, wherein at least one of the hydroxy moieties of the core structure is modified with an alkylene oxide moiety selected from ethylene oxide (EO), propylene oxide (PO), butylene oxide (BO) and mixtures thereof, and wherein at least one of the hydroxy moieties derived from the alkylene oxide moiety is further substituted with an amino functional group,
wherein the weight ratio of non-soap surfactant to polymer is greater than 4.0:1, and wherein the weight ratio of linear alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant to alkyl ethoxylated sulphate surfactant is less than 2.0:1.

The present invention is directed to rinse aid compositions and methods for making and using the rinse aid compositions. The compositions of the invention include a sheeting agent, a defoaming agent, and an association disruption agent. The rinse aid compositions of the present invention result in a faster draining/drying time on most substrates compared to conventional rinse aids. The rinse aid compositions of the present invention are especially suitable for use on plastic substrates.

The present invention relates to a composition for surface modification. The composition for surface modification according to the present invention contains a particular carbodiimide-based compound, thus forms a covalent bond without damaging skin, hair, or fabric, and semipermanently provides desired skin or hair surface modification effects or fabric care effects.

The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent dompositions comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.

The present invention relates to a liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition including a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant and a co-surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant includes a mixture of a linear anionic surfactant and a branched anionic surfactant with a defined degree of branching and with the branching predominantly on an unalkoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant. Such compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected improved sudsing profile, preferably stable suds, especially when the manual dishwashing is performed in a sink full of water with the cleaning composition diluted in it.

An antimicrobial detergent composition includes the following components by mass percent: 0.1-10% of a polyester-polyether polymer, 0.01-2% of an antimicrobial agent with a halogenated phenol structure, 10-50% of a surfactant and a solvent. A 1% deionized water solution of the detergent composition has a pH value of 7.0-9.0. In the present invention, by introducing the polyester-polyether polymer into the composition, the deposition efficiency of the antimicrobial agent with the halogenated phenol structure on a fabric can be improved, a solubilization effect of the surfactant in a detergent can be reduced, and therefore, a antimicrobial effect is achieved.

Disclosed herein are novel graft polymers including a block copolymer backbone (A) as a graft base having polymeric sidechains (B) grafted thereon. The polymeric sidechains (B) are obtainable by polymerization of a vinyl ester monomer (B1) and optionally N-vinylpyrrolidone as optional further monomer (B2). Most preferably, the block copolymer backbone (A) is a triblock copolymer of polyethylene oxide (PEG) and polypropylene oxide (PPG). Further disclosed herein is a process for obtaining such a graft polymer Further disclosed herein is a method of using such a graft polymer within, for example, fabric and home care products. Additionally disclosed herein are fabric and home care products containing such a graft polymer.

A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry.