Detergent compositions are provided that include a polysaccharide selected from a carboxymethyl cellulose component, an anionic cellulose derivative, or mixtures thereof and a surfactant system, wherein the polysaccharide has a molecular weight of no greater than from about 1,000 Dalton to 80,000 Dalton.

Particulate laundry additive composition having a plurality of particles wherein each of said particles has a mass between about 1 mg to about 5000 mg, the composition including: i) at least about 60% by weight of the composition of particle A, wherein particle A includes at least 40% by weight of the particle of a carrier, from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the particle of perfume and the particle is substantially free of Bacillus spores and enzymes; and ii) at least about 2% by weight of the composition of particle B, wherein particle B includes at least about 40% by weight of the particle of a carrier, from about 0.0001% to about 5% by weight of the particle of Bacillus spores and enzymes and less than about 0.01% by weight of the particle of perfume.

A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 80% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and wherein from about 10% or less of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages, 1,2 glycosidic linkages, and/or 1,4 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through a ##STR00001## linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least about 5; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of ##STR00002## linkage moiety of from about 0.20 to about 1.00.

A laundry composition comprising; hydrocolloid; benefit agent; salt; and water; wherein the salt comprises sodium chloride.

The present invention relates to the use of lignin derivatives, having a specific combination of degree of sulfonation and degree of oxidation, as an additive in a laundry detergent composition. Further, the present invention relates to a laundry detergent composition comprising the lignin derivative and to a laundry cleaning method.