A solid cleaning composition, the composition including: one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the one or more anionic surfactants constitute 40 wt. % to 90 wt. % of the composition; a cationic biocide, wherein the cationic biocide constitute 0.0001 wt. % to 2 wt. % of the composition; and one or more humectants; wherein the one or more humectants constitute 0.03 wt. % to 35 wt. % of the compositions, the cationic biocide retaining its biocidal activity as demonstrated by a reduction of at least 1.0 log 10 in a standard hand wash test.

A process comprising at least the steps of: (a) preparing a first mixture comprising at least one non-polar organic solvent, at least one first polar organic solvent and a catalyst, (b) preparing a second mixture comprising at least one of: C7 to C25 carboxylic acids, optionally alkyl benzene sulfonic acids and C2 to C6 carboxylic acids, (c) adding an amount of a calcium base to the first mixture to obtain a third mixture, (d) adding the second mixture of acids of step (b) to the third mixture of step (c) to obtain a fourth mixture; and carbonating the fourth mixture of step (d) by adding therein a given amount of an organic carbonate, wherein in step (c), the added amount of the calcium base allows neutralization of the carboxylic acids in step (d) and forms water as a neutralization product. The process is free of carbon dioxide injection for carbonation.