A method for manufacturing a water-soluble laundry detergent sheet from a liquid composition including the following components: (a) at least one soil release polymer, (b) at least one surfactant, (c) at least one water-soluble polymer, (d) optionally at least one washing booster, (e) optionally at least one perfume component, and (f) optionally at least one adjunct detergent ingredient. Also encompassed are the water-soluble laundry detergent sheets obtainable by the method and the use thereof for cleaning textiles and in methods for cleaning textiles.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a microcapsule and a microcapsule prepared thereby capable of selective release of oils and preventing volatilization of oils while maintaining long-term performance by improving storage stability of the oil contained in the capsule.

A laundry additive composition including a plurality of perfume-containing particles. Each of said perfume-containing particles includes: a perfume ingredient; polyethylene glycol; and an inorganic salt carrier which is selected from the group consisting of magnesium sulfate, magnesium chloride, and the combination thereof. Each of said perfume-containing particles has a mass of from 1 mg to 1 g and a maximum dimension of from 3 mm to 10 mm.

Process for making a powder or granule containing (A) at least one chelating agent selected from alkali metal salts of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA) and of iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), (B) at least one compound of general formula (I a) or (I b) ##STR00001## wherein A.sup.1 is selected from (CH.sub.2).sub.a wherein the variable a is in the range of from 4 to 20, e is selected from zero and 1, and R.sup.1 being the same or different and selected from OC.sub.1-C.sub.10-alkyl and C.sub.1-C.sub.10-alkyl, and, optionally, (C) at least one homo- or copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid, partially or fully neutralized with alkali, said process comprising the steps of (a) providing an aqueous solution or slurry containing chelating agent (A) and said compound (B) and, if applicable, (co)polymer (C), with a pH value in the range of from 10 to 12, (b) removing most of said water by spray drying or spray granulation.

The invention relates to solidification of liquid anionic surfactants with a binder, carrier, or both binder and 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 the binder, carrier, or binder and carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.

A method for manufacturing a detergent portion unit including a dimensionally stable gel. A mixture of a detergent and a gelling agent is provided and fed to a shaping device, such that the mixture is at least partially solidified in the shaping device and a solid gel strand is discharged. The strand is transported using a transport device and the solid gel strand is cut to length using an ultrasonic blade to form the solid gel unit.

A process for preparing a solid dissolvable composition comprising perfume capsules dispersed in a crystalline mesh. The crystalline mesh comprises a relatively rigid, three-dimensional, interlocking crystalline skeleton framework of fiber-like crystalline particles formed from crystallizing agents. The process for preparing the solid-dissolvable composition starts with dissolving the crystallizing agent in the perfume capsule slurry (optionally with a small additional amount of aqueous phase), next forming the product stream into the required size and shape for the solid dissolvable composition, and then drying the solid dissolvable composition to the final composition.

Provided is a process for removing water from a functional ingredient composition that contains 10 wt % or more water, the process requiring no input of thermal energy. The amount of water in the resulting dewatered product is no more than 33% of the starting amount of the water in the functional ingredient, and the method yields a dewatered product that has a weight loss of 2% or less based on the total weight of the starting ingredients.

Flexible, dissolvable, porous solid sheet articles which include direct-added microcapsules therein for delivering a benefit agent and a process for making such solid sheet articles.

A method for manufacturing a detergent portion unit including a dimensionally stable solid gel is described. The method includes passing a detergent-containing and gelling agent-containing mixture through a shaping device such that the detergent-containing and gelling agent-containing mixture is at least partially solidified in the shaping device and a solid gel strand is formed. The solid gel strand is discharged and transported using a transport device including at least one movable conveying element and at least two side elements that can be moved synchronously with the movable conveying element. The conveying element and the side elements form a conveying path laterally delimited by the side elements. The side elements have embossing elements which project into the conveying path and create an embossment into the surface of the solid gel strand.