Method to remove mannan comprising stains by contacting at least one mannan comprising stain with a mannanase at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a plurality of particles, wherein said particles comprise: 30 to 95 wt. % polyethylene glycol, wherein the polyethylene glycol has a weight average molecular weight from 4000 to 12000; 0.1 to 60 wt. % secondary carrier, wherein the secondary carrier is provided in the form of particles, the particles having a volume average particle size of 35 to 75 μm; and 0.1 to 30 wt. % perfume materials. The present invention also relates to a method of producing the particles and use of particles the particles.

Disclosed are carbohydrate binding module variants, as well as variants of a glycoside hydrolase comprising the carbohydrate binding module variants. The variants having glycoside hydrolase activity comprising the carbohydrate binding module variants have improved stability in the presence of a protease, and are useful in detergent applications, such as laundry or dish wash.

A process for making a particulate laundry detergent composition, the process includes the steps: (a) contacting water, starch, acid and perfume to form a concentrated aqueous acidic mixture, the concentrated acidic mixture includes: (i) from about 20 wt % to about 60 wt % starch; (ii) from about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % acid; (ii) from about 2 wt % to about 20 wt % perfume; (iv) from 10 wt % to less than about 45 wt % water; the concentrated acidic mixture has a pH of less than about 4.5; (b) subjecting the concentrated acidic mixture to a perfume emulsification step to emulsify the perfume to form an emulsified perfume mixture in fluid form; and (c) spraying the emulsified perfume mixture in fluid form onto base detergent particles so that the emulsified perfume mixture at least partially coats the base detergent particles to form the particulate laundry detergent composition, the base detergent particles includes from about 4 wt % to about 60 wt % detersive surfactant.

Acidic liquid fabric care compositions that include citric acid and/or a salt thereof, fragrance material that includes certain aldehydic perfume raw materials, and water. Related methods of using and making such compositions.

Liquid fabric softener compositions containing (a) water-insoluble cationic softeners, (b) water-soluble cationic antibacterial agents and (c) cationic rheology modifying polymers are described that are stable homogenous mixtures. A method for determining stability of the softener formulations or determining the amount of component (a), (b) or (c) involves calculating a stability index of the formulation according to the following equation: Stability formula index=[(wt % of the (a) component+3*(wt % of the (c) component)]/[wt % of the (b) component], wherein a desirable stability index value is 2.5 or greater than 2.5.

Liquid fabric softener compositions comprising (a) water-insoluble cationic softeners, (b) water-soluble cationic antibacterial agents and (c) cationic rheology modifying polymers are described that are stable homogenous mixtures. A method for determining stability of the softener formulations or determining the amount of component (a), (b) or (c) involves calculating a stability index of the formulation according to the following equation: Stability formula index=[(wt % of the (a) component+3*(wt % of the (c) component)]/[wt % of the (b) component], wherein a desirable stability index value is 2.5 or greater than 2.5.

Disclosed is a non-spherical microcapsule comprising a core comprising fatty ester having a melting point of at least 30° C. and a benefit agent; a shell comprising nanoparticles having a diameter of 10 to 300 nm.

Described herein is a detergent composition including (A) at least one polymer including (a) a core that includes one to 3 moieties of general formula (I),

##STR00001## where Z are different or the same and are selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2-C.sub.12-alkylene and C.sub.3-C.sub.12-cycloalkylene A.sup.1 are different or the same and are: selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.12-alkylene, C.sub.6-arylene, and C.sub.3-C.sub.12-cycloalkylene, or based on citric acid, X.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, and combinations of at least two of the foregoing, n is in a range of 1 to 100; and (b) polyalkylene oxide chains.

Laundry detergents and their use for cold-water cleaning are disclosed. The detergents comprise a lipase and a mid-chain headgroup surfactant or an alkylene-bridged surfactant. The mid-chain headgroup surfactants have a C.sub.14-C.sub.30 alkyl chain and a polar group bonded to a central zone carbon of the C.sub.14-C.sub.30 alkyl chain. The alkylene-bridged surfactants comprise a C.sub.12-C.sub.18 alkyl chain, a polar group, and a C.sub.1-C.sub.2 alkylene group bonded to the polar group and a central zone carbon of the C.sub.12-C.sub.18 alkyl chain. Surprisingly, when combined with lipases, detergents formulated with the mid-chain headgroup or alkylene-bridged surfactants effectively liquefy greasy soils at low temperature and provide outstanding cold-water performance in removing greasy stains such as bacon grease, butter, cooked beef fat, or beef tallow from soiled articles.