A solid, particulate composition including at least one water-soluble carrier material, at least one fragrance and at least one bittern, the carrier material being an aqueous salt (hydrate) of which the water vapor partial pressure at a particular temperature in the range of from 30 to 100 C. corresponds to the H.sub.2O partial pressure of the saturated solution of the salt such that the salt melts in the water of crystallization thereof at the temperature. In addition, the invention relates to methods for preparing the solid composition and to a washing or cleaning agent that contains the solid composition. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to the use of a washing or cleaning agent of this kind for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces and to corresponding methods for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces by using a washing or cleaning agent of this kind.

Process for making a powder or granule containing at least one chelating agent selected from alkali metal salts of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA) and glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA) and iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), said process comprising the steps of (a) introducing an aqueous solution or aqueous slurry of the respective chelating agent (A) into a spray-dryer or spray-granulator, and removing most of said water by spray-drying or spray granulation using a gas with an inlet temperature of 125 to 250 C., (b) withdrawing powder or granules, respectively, from the spray-dryer or spray-granulator, respectively, (c) separating off fmes from said powder or granules, wherein said fmes have a maximum particle diameter of 350 (d) separating off lumps from said powder or granules, wherein said lumps have a particle diameter of 1,500 m or more, (e) milling said lumps to a maximum particle diameter of 500 m, (f) re-introducing said fmes from step (c) and milled lumps from step (e) into the spray-dryer or spray-granulator, wherein the share of fines is in the range of from 0.5 to 20% by weight of the total chelating agent (A) withdrawn in step (b) and the share of milled lumps is in the range of from 5 to 60% by weight of the total chelating agent (A) withdrawn in step (b).

Fibrous structures containing one or more particles, and methods for making same are provided.

A washing and/or cleaning agent portion which includes at least one chamber and a water-soluble wrapping, characterized in that it includes at least one particulate phase. The at least one particulate phase being brought into direct contact with at least one liquid composition, and to corresponding preparation methods.

An oxygen-based cleaning composition, comprises a cleaning formulation in powder form, wherein the cleaning formulation includes a hydrogen peroxide addition compound layer comprising a hydrogen peroxide addition compound powder for producing hydrogen peroxide, a surfactant layer formed by coating an outer surface of the hydrogen peroxide addition compound layer with a liquid surfactant, and a saponin layer formed by coating an outer surface of the surfactant layer with a saponin powder.

Process for producing a formulation that is solid at up to a temperature of at least 60 C., wherein (a) at least one nonionic surfactant of the general formula (I)

R.sup.1CH(OH)CH.sub.2-(AO).sub.xR.sup.2(I) in which the variables are defined as follows: R.sup.1 is selected from C.sub.4-C.sub.20-alkyl, R.sup.2 is selected from C.sub.8-C.sub.20-alkyl, AO are in each case identical or different and selected from C.sub.2-C.sub.4-alkylene, x is in the range from 5 to 100, is mixed in the molten state (b) with at least one second substance selected from polyethylene glycol and nonionic surfactants which are different from surfactants of the formula (I), confectioned, mixed and ground in a mill in the solid state with (c) silica or silicate and (d) at least one auxiliary selected from alkali metal citrate, alkali metal carbonate or at least one chelating agent selected from compounds of the general formula (II)

R.sup.3CH(COOM.sup.1)-N(CH.sub.2COOM.sup.1).sub.2(II) in which the variables are defined as follows: R.sup.3 is selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.4-alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, CH.sub.2OH and CH.sub.2CH.sub.2COOM.sup.1, M.sup.1 is an alkali metal or a combination of at least two alkali metals.

Furthermore granules and their use.

A dissolvable solid article which can include multiple layers of flexible, dissolvable, porous sheets, in which a coating composition including solid particles is present on at least one internal surface of at least one sheet in said solid articles and a process for making such solid articles.

Fibrous structures containing one or more particles, and methods for making same are provided.

The invention relates to solidification of liquid amine oxide, betaine, and/or sultaine surfactants with a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid surfactant and a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.

An adduct of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid or a salt thereof and a further polycarboxylic acid or a salt thereof wherein the further polycarboxylic acid is selected from citric acid, polyaspartic acid, tartaric acid, malonic acid, maleic acid, carboxymethyl inulin, oxalic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, malic acid and fumaric acid; and wherein said adduct is in the form of a free flowing particulate solid; wherein EDDS is present in the adduct in a molar excess compared with the further polycarboxylic acid.