The invention relates to a granular cleaning agent for sanitary facilities, comprising tensides, alkane carboxylic acid salts, and solvents, wherein the proportion of alkane carboxylic acid salts equals between 1 wt % and 5 wt % and the proportion of solvents (including perfume oils) equals less than 40 wt % and the agent contains at least 18% non-ionic tensides from the group of block copolymers containing oligo and polyethylene oxides and/or oligo and/or polypropylene oxides and/or oligo and/or polybutylene oxide.

The present invention provides a transparent solid detergent containing (A) N-acyl acidic amino acid salt, (B) acylglycine salt and (C) polyvalent alcohol, at a proportion of (A) 4.5-5000 parts by weight and (C) 2.5-2400 parts by weight, per 1 part by weight of (B), which suppresses coloration by heating during production, is superior in preservation stability at low temperature and high temperature, is low irritant, and shows good sense of use.

A method of producing a solid soap containing at least one image embedded within the solid soap includes printing an image on a dissolvable substrate to form an image layer, bringing the image layer into contact with molten soap and allowing the soap to harden so as to embed the image layer within the solid soap. The dissolvable substrate can be a printable icing or frosting sheet and the image can be a high-resolution image. The soap can include a background layer against which the image is visible.

Method and apparatus for creating lenticular, or other types of images that change with respect to the angle from which images are viewed in a bar of soap, including a method of printing a lenticular, fly's-eye or other type of image onto either the soap itself, or on a non-toxic, food-safe, substrate with non-toxic, food-safe inks, or by projecting an image onto non-toxic, food-safe photo-sensitive emulsion layer within the soap, and creating a lenticular, or other type of lens array with a clear or sufficiently transparent soap material as to display lenticular or other integrated image properties, such as 3D, motion, flip, zoom, color change, morph, and others. Additionally, the lenticular array is located within the soap bar such that the soap will not destroy the image when first used, but only after a large portion or almost all of the soap is used up or consumed.

The present invention provides a transparent or translucent, self-standing, automatic dishwashing gel, comprising a water-soluble C.sub.14-C.sub.22 fatty acid salt, at least 50 wt % liquid non-ionic surfactant, less than 15 wt % water, and optionally a polar organic solvent.

The present invention provides an antimicrobial cleansing bar composition comprising 10 to 30 wt % soap, 20 to 45 wt % water soluble organic solvent, 20 to 40 wt % water, 3 to 20 wt % electrolyte other than soap and an antimicrobial agent.

The present invention provides a cleansing composition comprising 10 to 30 wt % soap, 20 to 45 wt % water soluble organic solvent, 20 to 40 wt % water, 3 to 20 wt % electrolyte other than soap and a benefit agent.

The present invention provides a cleansing bar composition comprising 10 to 30 wt % soap, 20 to 45 wt % water soluble organic solvent, 20 to 40 wt % water, 4 to 20 wt % electrolyte other than soap.

Method and apparatus for creating lenticular, or other types of images that change with respect to the angle from which images are viewed in a bar of soap, including a method of printing a lenticular, fly's-eye or other type of image onto either the soap itself, or on a non-toxic, food-safe, substrate with non-toxic, food-safe inks, or by projecting an image onto non-toxic, food-safe photo-sensitive emulsion layer within the soap, and creating a lenticular, or other type of lens array with a clear or sufficiently transparent soap material as to display lenticular or other integrated image properties, such as 3D, motion, flip, zoom, color change, morph, and others. Additionally, the lenticular array is located within the soap bar such that the soap will not destroy the image when first used, but only after a large portion or almost all of the soap is used up or consumed.

A soap bar has a solid or semi-solid matrix comprising a cleaning composition; and one or more articles positioned in the matrix. The articles include an electrical source, a light source or a sound emitting device, and a pair of electrodes in spaced apart relationship. The pair of electrodes are in electrical communication with the electrical source and the light source or sound emitting device. The light source emits light when a conductive material creates a current path between the pair of electrodes. The sound emitting device emits sound when a conductive material creates a current path between the pair of electrodes. A section of the matrix covers the pair of electrodes and prevents the conductive material from creating the current path until the section of the matrix is removed thereby uncovering the pair of electrodes. Also disclosed is a melt and pour soap bar formulation including a cleaning composition; and a plurality of dispersed articles comprising a light source or a sound emitting device. The formulation is solid below 120 F., and the formulation can be remelted and remolded.