A single-load cleaning packet and method of use are provided for laundry and other applications. The cleaning packet in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a paper material that is sealed to form a pouch, and a detergent sealed within the pouch. In embodiments, the paper material is at least partially dissolvable in water to release the detergent included in the pouch. The cleaning packet further comprises a printed message or graphic on the paper material, wherein an ink of the printed message or graphic includes an active ingredient beneficial for wash. In one example, the active ingredient of the ink may include an anti-microbial or anti-odor compound. The incorporation of the active ingredient into the printing ink allows it to be physically separated from the detergent contained within the pouch, thereby aiding in a staggered release during wash.

Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.

A process of making a water soluble pouch including the steps of providing a first mold, providing a water soluble first web carried on the first mold, forming the water soluble web into a compartment by applying a first pressure difference across the water soluble first web at a first maximum temperature and subsequently applying a second pressure difference across the water soluble first web, wherein the second pressure difference is greater than or equal to the first pressure difference.

Disclosed is a product comprising: a container; one or more first dissolvable solid articles contained in the container, wherein the first dissolvable solid article is characterized by a maximum dimension D and a minimum dimension z, wherein said maximum dimension D ranges from 1 mm to 300 mm, wherein said minimum dimension z ranges from 0.5 mm to 150 mm, and wherein the ratio between D and z ranges from 1:1 to 300:1; and wherein the product further comprises at least one of the followings: an indicia for a user to add the liquid carrier into the container; and an indicia to instruct the amount of the liquid carrier to add to the container. This provides environment friendly products. For example, by not containing any liquid during transportation, the products can reduce energy consumption for the transportation.

Disclosed is a refillable product comprising: a container; two or more first dissolvable solid article contained in the container, which is characterized by a maximum dimension D and a minimum dimension z, wherein said maximum dimension D ranges from 1 mm to 300 mm, wherein said minimum dimension z ranges from 0.5 mm to 150 mm, and wherein the ratio between D and z ranges from 1:1 to 300:1; and an indicia for a user to put the dissolvable solid articles and a liquid carrier into another container.

This provides environment friendly products. For example, by not containing any liquid during transportation, the products can reduce energy consumption for the transportation.

Disclosed is a kit comprising: a container; two or more first dissolvable solid articles separately packed from the container, wherein the first dissolvable solid article is characterized by a maximum dimension D and a minimum dimension z, wherein said maximum dimension D ranges from 1 mm to 300 mm, wherein said minimum dimension z ranges from 0.5 mm to 150 mm, and wherein the ratio between D and z ranges from 1:1 to 300:1; wherein the kit has an indicia for a user to add the first dissolvable articles into the container; and wherein the kit further comprises at least one of the followings: an indicia for the user to add the liquid carrier into the container; and an indicia to instruct the amount of the liquid carrier to add to the container.

This provides environment friendly products. For example, by not containing any liquid during transportation, the products can reduce energy consumption for the transportation.

An anionic surfactant of general formula (I) in which n and m are, independently of one another, numbers from 0 to 17 and 2<n+m<20, and X.sup.+ is a charge-balancing cation. The invention also relates to a production method by way of: the acid-catalysed reaction of 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl) tetrahydrofuran with an alkene having 5 to 22 C atoms in equimolar amounts, at an increased temperature; subsequent sulphation with a sulphating agent; and optional neutralisation by a subsequent reaction with ##STR00001##
X.sup.+OH.sup.− or X.sup.+.sub.2 CO.sup.2−.sub.3, where X.sup.+ is an alkali metal cation or a group N.sup.+R.sup.1R.sup.2R.sup.3, in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, an alkyl group with 1 to 6 C atoms, or a hydroxyalkyl group with 2 to 6 C atoms. Detergents or cleaning agents containing—the surfactant, and the use of same to improve the performance of the detergents or cleaning agents, are also disclosed.

Cleaning tools for cleaning toilets, particularly the interior of a toilet bowl, where bleach is provided within the cleaning tool itself, e.g., in a disposable, single use cleaning head. The tool may include a handle, a cleaning head attachable to the handle, a nonwoven material having an exterior surface and an interior surface, and a solid cleaning composition stored adjacent to the interior surface of the nonwoven material. The solid cleaning composition includes solid bleach, and may also include a solid surfactant. The cleaning composition may be confined within the nonwoven material (e.g., in a pouch), but upon contact with water, dissolved cleaning composition is able to migrate through the nonwoven material, through a scrubbing layer, and be delivered to the surface being cleaned. Release may achieve at least a 3-log reduction in Staphylococcus aureus within 5 minutes.

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.

Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) polymer and a combination of at least three plasticizers. The combination of plasticizers includes dipropylene glycol as a first plasticizer, a sugar alcohol such as sorbitol as a second plasticizer, and a polyol such as glycerin as a third plasticizer. When the PVOH polymer and plasticizers are blended in particular proportions and/or selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits beneficial combinations four) of aged tensile strength, aged melting transition delta elevation, aged adhesion value, and/or resistance to seal peeling, which provide strong film seals that retain their water-solubility characteristics.