A water softener, detergent compositions and co-granulates contain an effervescent agent and pectin. Unit portions contain the co-granulates or compositions. The compositions or co-granulates can be used in a water-soluble and/or water-dispersible water softening, cleaning or detergent formulations, and pectin can be used to stabilize effervescent tablets. The effervescent agent can contain an acidic component such as a tricarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid other than tartaric acid, inorganic acids, and a basic component.

A method for reducing water consumption in a toilet system comprises adding a water-soluble pellet to the toilet bowl prior to or following use of said toilet for urination, the pellet comprising a colourant and a fragrance for masking the colour and odour of urine residing in the toilet bowl, and preferably also disintegrant and/or an effervescent system that effervesces on contact with water, and refraining from flushing said toilet until after said toilet has been used at least one further time. The use of such water-soluble pellets serves to reduce the perceived need to flush the toilet after every use and drives positive change against wasteful water usage. The pellets are small, for example 8 mm or less in diameter and weigh 0.1-0.3 g, and can be stored in a re-sealable, refillable, reusable dispenser for personal or larger scale use. The method also serves to reduce carbon emissions and chemical usage arising from treatment of fresh and waste water.

A unit-dose tablet composition comprising a surfactant, a builder, a filler and an effervescent agent selected from organic acids wherein at least 90% wt. of the effervescent agent is coated with triglyceride oil.

Cleaning apparatuses comprise an attachment for a standard shower head, faucet, spigot, or other water line implement, wherein the attachment comprises a valve for routing water through a tube into a sprayer having an amount of cleaner therein, wherein the water and cleaner mix to form a cleaning solution that sprays from the sprayer as a foam. The sprayer reduces the velocity of the cleaner mix by a combination of a fluid spreader and one or more screens, allowing the cleaning mix to spray onto a surface for cleaning the same. Preferred detergent compositions are further provided.

The present invention relates to cleaning apparatuses. Specifically, the present invention comprises an attachment for a standard shower head or other bathroom water line implement, wherein the attachment comprises a valve for routing water through a tube into a sprayer having an amount of shower or bathtub cleaner therein, wherein the water and cleaner mix to form a cleaning solution and are sprayed from the sprayer onto a shower or bathtub surface for cleaning the same. Preferred detergent compositions are further provided.

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 and a process for making such solid articles.

Disclosed are particles comprising polyalkylene glycol, an effervescent system and perfume for hard surface cleaning as well as a composition including these particles. Additionally. a method of making such particles and a method of using such particles for cleaning are also provided.

A method of cleaning equipment such as heat exchangers, evaporators, tanks and other industrial equipment using clean-in-place procedures comprising applying a pre-treatment solution prior to the application of an override use solution. A gas generating use solution is present in either the pretreatment or the override use solution. The gas generating use solution is capable of releasing gas on and in a soil, resulting in a soil disruption effect and enhanced cleaning.

The invention relates to a cleaning tablet for removing wine residues, characterised in that it comprises hydrogen carbonate, citric acid, surfactant, bleaching agent, bleach activator and complexing agent, the common mass fraction of hydrogen carbonate and citric acid in the cleaning tablet lying at 30%-70%, and the molar ratio of hydrogen carbonate to citric acid in the cleaning tablet lying between 1:1 and 4:1.

An effervescent detergent tablet comprising calcium carbonate, sodium laureth sulfate, citric acid, tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, fragrance, Stepantex VT 90 (Methyl bis[ethyl (tallowate)]-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate), polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), stearic acid, silicon dioxide, enzymes mix, Long Brite (Disodium Distyrylbiphenyl Disulfonate) Magnesium Stearate, Kollidon CL, Chlorhexidine Hydrochloride and calcium carbonate and sodium disilicate mix.