Liquid detergent composition that includes encapsulated enzymes. Related uses and methods.

A process for reblending a first liquid detergent composition into a second liquid detergent composition.

Methods of inhibiting microbes from attaching to a surface and anti-adherent compositions are disclosed. One method can include providing an anti-adherent composition that includes an anti-adherent agent configured to inhibit microbes from attaching to the surface. The anti-adherent agent can be: Acrylates Copolymer, Trimethylpentanediol/Adipic Acid/Glycerin crosspolymer, Trimethylpentanediol/Adipic Acid Copolymer, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Acrylates/C12-22 Alkylmethacrylate Copolymer, Octocrylene, Ethylene Oxide/Propylene Oxide Block Copolymer, Polyquaternium-101, or any combinations thereof. The method can include applying the composition to the surface and allowing at least some of the composition to remain on the surface such that the anti-adherent agent inhibits microbes from attaching to the surface. The anti-adherent composition can include a humectant and can be non-antimicrobial.

A thickened aqueous detergent liquid composition comprising: (i) at least 5 wt % (more preferably at least 10%, more preferably at least 15% and most preferably at least 20% wt.) of a surfactant system comprising anionic surfactant, (ii) a thickening system comprising a copolymer formed by the addition polymerisation of: (A) 0 to 5 wt % of a first monomer consisting of an ethylenically unsaturated diacid of formula (I): or an unsaturated cyclic anhydride precursor of such an ethylenically unsaturated diacid, the anhydride having formula (II) where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from H, C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl, phenyl, chlorine and bromine; (B) 15 to 60 wt % of a second ethylenically unsaturated monoacidic monomer consisting of (meth)acrylic acid; (C) 30 to 70 wt % of a third ethylenically unsaturated monomer consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl ester(s) of (meth)acrylic acid; (D) 1 to 25 wt %, of a fourth ethylenically unsaturated monomer, consisting of surfmer of formula (III): wherein each R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently selected from H, C.sub.1-3 alkyl, C(O)OH, or C(O)OR.sub.5; R.sub.5 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.30 alkyl; T is CH.sub.2C(O)O, C(O)O, O, CH.sub.2O, NHC(O)NH, C(O)NH, Ar(CE.sub.2).sub.z-NHC(O)O, Ar(CE.sub.2).sub.z-NHC(O)NH, or CH.sub.2CH.sub.2NHC(O)Ar is divalent aryl; E is H or methyl; z is 0 or 1; k is an integer in the range of 0 to 30; and q is 0 or 1; with the proviso that when k is 0, q is 0, and when k is in the range of 1 to 30; q is 1; (R.sub.6O).sub.m is polyoxyalkylene, which is a homopolymer, a random copolymer, or a block copolymer of C.sub.2-C.sub.4-oxyalkylene units, wherein R.sub.6 is C.sub.2H.sub.4, C.sub.3H.sub.6, C.sub.4H.sub.8, or a mixture thereof, and m is an integer in the range of 5 to 250; Y is R.sub.6O, R.sub.6H, C(O), C(O)NH, R.sub.6NHC(O)NH, or C(O)NHC(O); and R7 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl selected from the group consisting of C.sub.8-C.sub.40 linear alkyl, C.sub.8-C.sub.40 branched alkyl, C.sub.8-C.sub.40 carbocyclic alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.40 alkyl-substituted, phenyl, aryl-substituted C.sub.2-C.sub.40 alkyl, and C.sub.8-C.sub.80 complex ester; wherein the R.sub.7 alkyl group optionally comprises one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, alkoxy, and halogen and (E) 0 to 5 wt %, of a cross linking agent, for introducing branching and controlling molecular weight, the cross linking monomer comprising polyfunctional units carrying multiple reactive functionalisation groups selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allyl and functional mixtures thereof, and (iii) from 0.01 to 5% wt of the composition ethoxylated polyamine; wherein (C) comprises from 40 to 100%

A fabric conditioner formulation comprising a) 2 to 7.5 wt. % fabric softening active: and b) soil release polymer.

Detergent boosters, detergent systems that include a detergent booster, and methods of laundering fabric are provided herein. In an embodiment, a detergent booster includes a nonionic soil release polymer and, optionally, one or more surfactants with a total amount of surfactant present in an amount of up to 4 weight % based upon a total weight of the detergent booster. The nonionic soil release polymer includes a backbone having ester linkages.

A liquid laundry composition comprising: (i) one or more anionic surfactants; and (ii) a non-ionic ethoxylated C.sub.10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant with a degree of ethoxylation in the range of 1 to 10; wherein the total amount of anionic surfactant in the composition is in the range of 15 to 25 wt % of the total composition and the weight ratio of the total amount of anionic surfactant to the non-ionic ethoxylated C.sub.10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant is in the range of 6:1 to 100:1. Use of a liquid laundry detergent composition including a non-ionic ethoxylated C.sub.10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant with a degree of ethoxylation in the range of 1 to 10 for laundering textiles wherein increased foam is provided during a main wash step when compared to a composition having a comparable level of anionic surfactant and substantially no non-ionic ethoxylated C.sub.10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant with a degree of ethoxylation in the range of 1 to 10.

A liquid laundry composition comprising: (i) one or more anionic surfactants; and (ii) a non-ionic ethoxylated C10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant with a degree of ethoxylation in the range of 1 to 10; wherein the total amount of anionic surfactant in the composition is in the range of 3 to 18 wt % of the total composition and the weight ratio of the total amount of anionic surfactant to the non-ionic ethoxylated C10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant is in the range of 6:1 to 60:1. Use of a liquid laundry detergent composition including said non-ionic ethoxylated C10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant for laundering textiles wherein effective foam is maintained during a main wash step and an easy rinse of the textiles is provided during a rinse step.

A laundry liquid composition, comprising an anionic soil release polymer and a surfactant wherein the anionic soil release polymer comprises a fabric-binding region capped by one or more hydrophilic regions, wherein the fabric-binding region includes one or more anionic substituents and at least one end block/cap based on polyethylene glycol and/or polypropylene glycol, with a lower alkyl or hydrogen termination, and wherein the anionic soil release polymer may be a compound having formula (I) or, more preferably, formula (.sup.II) where each Y is independently selected from y.sup.A1, Y.sup.A2, Y.sup.N1 and Y.sup.N2wherein: y.sup.A1 is a 1,4-phenylene moiety having one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3 or 4) anionic substituents (such as carboxylate, phosphonate, phosphate or, preferably sulphonate); Y.sup.A2 is a 1,3-phenylene moiety having one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3 or 4) anionic substituents (such as carboxylate, phosphonate, phosphate or, preferably sulphonate); Y.sup.N1 is an anionic-substituent free (e.g. unsubstituted) 1,4-phenylene moiety; and Y.sup.N2 is an anionic-substituent free (e.g. unsubstituted) 1,3-phenylene moiety; E is an end-cap, A is C.sub.1-6alkyl (preferably ethylene substituted with C.sub.1-4 alkyl substituents); M is a suitable counterion; and x>0; with the proviso that at least one Y group is y.sup.A1 or Y.sup.A2 and wherein the end cap E comprises polyethylene glycol and/or polypropylene glycol units, with a C1-C6 alkyl or hydrogen termination.

E-[OC(O)YC(O)O-A].sub.x-OC(O)YC(O)OM(I)

E-[OC(O)YC(O)O-A].sub.x-OC(O)YC(O-E(II)

Highly concentrated liquid detergents with a surfactant content of 30 wt. % and more, also containing polymers in concentrations of 2 wt. % or more and displaying optimised product stability. The detergent having a specifically adapted surfactant system containing alkyl ether alkoxylates, alkyl(poly)gylcosides and additional surfactants. The invention also relates to methods for washing textiles using the described detergents and to the use thereof.