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

Described are compositions and methods relating to enzyme-containing, hot-melt-prepared granules produced from a starting material that contains an amount of water sufficient to denature the enzyme under hot-melt processing conditions. The resulting granules are particularly useful in consumer and industrial products, such as detergent, animal feed, food, personal care and agricultural compositions.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a spray-dried laundry detergent particle, wherein the process includes the step of contacting zeolite to monomeric organic carboxylic acid in an aqueous mixture, wherein the aqueous mixture has a pH of 4.2 or less, wherein the aqueous mixture includes detersive surfactant, wherein the aqueous mixture is substantially free of silicate salt, and wherein the aqueous mixture is substantially free of carbonate salt, wherein the zeolite reacts with the monomeric organic carboxylic acid to form silica, wherein the aqueous mixture is spray-dried to form a spray-dried laundry detergent particle, wherein the particle includes: detersive surfactant; monomeric organic carboxylic acid; and silica, wherein the particle is substantially free of silicate salt, and wherein the particle is substantially free of carbonate salt.

The present invention also relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; and (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid,

wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20 C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.0,

wherein the composition includes from about 30 wt % to about 100 wt % base detergent particle, wherein the base detergent particle including (by weight of the base detergent particle): (a) from about 4 wt % to about 35 wt % alkyl benzene sulphonate; (b) wherein the particle is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the particle is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the particle is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the particle is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % organic acid; and (g) from about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % magnesium sulphate.

The present invention relates to a spray-dried base detergent particle, wherein the base detergent particle includes (by weight of the base detergent particle): (a) from about 4 wt % to about 35 wt % alkyl benzene sulphonate; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % organic acid; and (g) from about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % magnesium sulphate,

wherein the base detergent particle is a spray-dried particle,

wherein the base detergent particle at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20 C., has an equilibrium pH of about 8.5 or less.

The present invention relates to a solid free flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) anionic detersive surfactant; (b) wherein the composition is essentially free of zeolite builder; (c) wherein the composition is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the composition is essentially free of sodium silicate; and (f) from about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % organic acid, wherein the composition at 1 wt % dilution in deionized water at 20 C., has an equilibrium pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 9.0, wherein the composition comprises from about 30 wt % to about 90 wt % base detergent particle, wherein the base detergent particle comprising (by weight of the base detergent particle): (a) from about 4 wt % to about 35 wt % alkyl benzene sulphonate, wherein the alkyl benzene sulphonate comprises at least about 25 wt % of the 2-phenyl isomer; (b) from about 1 wt % to about 8 wt % zeolite builder; (c) wherein the particle is essentially free of phosphate builder; (d) wherein the particle is essentially free of sodium carbonate; (e) wherein the particle is essentially free of sodium silicate; (f) from about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % organic acid.

A cleaning composition, preferably a granular laundry detergent composition, containing a diaminostilbene brightener in a surfactant system containing a C.sub.10-C.sub.20 linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS), a C.sub.6-C.sub.18 unalkoxylated alkyl sulphate (AS), and fatty acids or salts thereof at specific amounts and weight ratios. Such a surfactant system results in surprisingly better dissolution of the diaminostilbene brightener in water.

A cleansing bar, comprising: 5 to 50% by weight soap and free fatty acid, based on the total weight of the cleansing bar, comprising 30 to 50% by weight free fatty acid based on the total weight of the cleansing bar and 0 to 16% by weight soap based on the total weight of the cleansing bar; wherein the weight ratio of free fatty acid:soap is greater than 1:1; 10 to 25% by weight non-soap synthetic surfactants, based on the total weight of the cleansing bar; 9 to 50% by weight zeolite, based on the total weight of the cleansing bar; and 10 to 30% by weight water, based on the total weight of the cleansing bar; wherein a pH of the cleansing bar measured from an 8% by weight bar slurry is 4.5 to 10. The bars are produced via a high-speed extrusion process without negatives (e.g., free of grittiness, cracking, etc.) while retaining good user properties (e.g., lather).

A solid laundry drainage aid is provided, including: 45-99.99 wt % solid carrier; and 0.01-25 wt % drainage aid component, comprising: 40-99 wt %, based on weight drainage aid component, of an organopolysiloxane comprising: 0-60 mol % of units of formula I and 40-100 mol % of units of formula II

R.sub.x.sup.1SiO.sub.(4-x)/2(I)

R.sub.y.sup.1R.sub.z.sup.2SiO.sub.(4-y-z)/2(II)

wherein x is 0-3; y is 0-2; z is 1-2; y+z is 1-3; R.sup.1 is a hydrogen, a hydroxy group or a group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is an -A.sub.cR.sup.3 group; A is a divalent linking group; c is 0-1; R.sup.3 is a group having 9-35 carbon atoms; 1-30 wt %, based on weight drainage aid component, of an organosilicon resin; and 0-30 wt %, based on weight drainage aid component, of a hydrophobic additive; wherein the solid laundry drainage aid contains <3 wt % laundry actives; and wherein the solid laundry drainage aid contains <5 wt % water.

An odor control concentrate composition including a plant derived non-volatile triglyceride that binds and/or neutralizes organic malodor molecules; and a zeolite that binds and/or neutralize organic malodor molecules. The odor control concentrate composition may be diluted and further applied to a textile/textile material. Textiles having the odor control compositions applied thereon and/or treated with the odor control compositions in which the treated textile binds, neutralizes, and/or reduces odor(s) associated with odor molecules for a prolonged period of time (e.g., up to twenty-five (25) wash cycles, for several months, for several years, or any combination thereof).