Unit dose detergent packs and detergent compositions are provided. A unit dose detergent pack includes a pouch made of a water-soluble film and a detergent composition encapsulated within the pouch. The detergent composition includes a surfactant component including (1) an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C.sub.8-C.sub.20 backbone ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, (2) at least one non-ionic surfactant having an alkoxylated alcohol, and (3) at least one anionic surfactant having a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate wherein (1), (2), and (3) are present in a weight ratio of actives of about (0 to 0.5):(0.05 to 0.9):(0 to 0.75). The detergent composition also includes water and a rheology control agent. The rheology control agent is selected from ethylene glycol monohexyl ether, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, an ethoxylated ester, polyethylene glycol 400, an alkoxylated amine, and combinations of two or more thereof.

Provided is a water-soluble film for molding a packaging capsule which is capable of enclosing chemical agents especially a detergent, has a robust property that prevents leakage of the detergent through suitable thickness and strength and an easy-processing property that keeps robustness not to make a drawn portion break in mold-processing such as deep drawing, further has a soluble resistance that does not make the chemical agent elute within 30 seconds in water at 20° C. and a complete-solubility property within a short period of time in dish-washing and clothes-washing, also has sufficient solubility and complete-solubility properties for film portions around the perimeter edge pasted with a water-soluble film for a top, and exhibits a strong-sealing property to have a temporal stability.

A water-soluble film comprises one or more kinds of anion-group-modified polyvinyl alcohols including repeating units from a fatty acid vinyl ester comonomer and anion-group-containing repeating units, in which a degree of saponification thereof is set from 91 mol% or more to 99 mol% or less and a degree of modification by anion groups is set from 1.0 mol% or more to 6.0 mol% or less so that an amount of anion-group modification is set from 1.0 mol% or more to 3.5 mo%l or less to a total amount of the anion-group-modified polyvinyl alcohols, and are formed by including less than 45 parts by mass of a plasticizer per 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the anion-group-modified polyvinyl alcohols, and have a tensile modulus of 100 MPa or less.

A method for producing a washing agent portion unit having at least one receiving chamber surrounded by a water-soluble film, including the steps of: a) transporting a first water-soluble film in the direction of a dosing station; b) molding the first water-soluble film into the cavities of a deep-drawing die located below the water-soluble film, forming at least one cavity in the direction of travel of the film; c) filling the cavity by way of the dosing station with a first flowable washing agent preparation containing, based on its total weight, i) 20 to 80 wt. % surfactant; ii) 2 to 15 wt. % fatty acid; iii) 0.3 to 8 wt. % of the salt of a divalent cation; iv) 8 to 35 wt. % solvent; d) transporting the filled cavity in the direction of a sealing station; e) sealing the filled cavity with a second water-soluble film, and the washing agent portion.

The disclosure provides a water soluble pouch including at least two sealed compartments, the pouch including outer walls including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, and an inner wall including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, the outer wall films being sealed to the inner wall film, the outer wall films being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the outer wall films having a viscosity in a range of 14.5 cP to 25cP, and a pouch strength of at least 200 N, and the inner wall film being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the inner film having viscosity in a range of 12 cP to 14.5 cP, and a tackiness value of at least 1500 g/s.

A liquid detergent composition having a perfume oil comprising perfume raw material selected from the group consisting of: aldehyde, ketone, ketals, and mixtures thereof, and a hindered primary amine, having improved colour and odour.

The disclosure relates to products including a polysaccharide derivative wherein the polysaccharide derivative includes a polysaccharide substituted with at least one of: a) at least one sulfate group; b) at least one sulfonate group; c) at least one thiosulfate group; or d) a combination thereof; wherein the polysaccharide is poly alpha-1,3-glucan, poly alpha-1,6-glucan, poly alpha-1,3-1,6-glucan, or a mixture thereof; and the polysaccharide derivative has a degree of substitution of about 0.001 to about 3. The products can be useful as anti-deposition and/or anti-graying agents in laundry detergents, and in home care applications.

A multi-component detergent, including at least two components, that is contained in a container having at least two chambers, wherein a first component K1 is a first liquid composition, containing at least one catechol metal complex compound of formula (I) ##STR00001##
and at least one free catechol compound of formula (II) or the salt thereof ##STR00002##
with the proviso that the catechol compound of formula (II) and the salt thereof are different from the compounds of formula (I), and a second component K2 is a second liquid composition, containing at least one surfactant. The present invention further relates to the use of the multi-component detergent for removing bleachable stains and a method for washing textiles using the multi-component detergent.

A method of forming a gel or gel-like detergent composition comprising: dosing a solid composition, and dosing a liquid composition; into a water-soluble container.

A flowable detergent preparation including, based on the total weight thereof, a) 0.5 to 10 wt. % of a polyalkoxylated amine having a weight-average molecular weight Mw in the range of 600 g/mol to 10000 g/mol, which is obtainable by reacting ammonia or primary alkyl or hydroxyalkylamines having a molecular weight less than 200 g/mol, with alkylene oxides; b) 0.5 to 5 wt. % polyalkoxylated polyalkyleneimine, which is obtainable by reacting polyalkyleneimines with alkylene oxides; c) 5 to 15 wt. % alkyl ether sulfate; and a textile washing method using these detergent preparations.

The present application is related to a container made of a polymer and containing a single unit dose of a detergent composition. The detergent composition contains at least two complexing agents (A) dissolved in an aqueous medium. The complexing agents (A) are (A1) at least one alkali metal salt of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA), and (A2) at least one alkali metal salt of glutamic acid diacetic acid (GLDA). The complexing agents (A1) and (A2) are partially neutralized with alkali and the weight ratio of (A1) and (A2) ranges from 1:9 to 9:1. The aqueous medium contains at least 25% by weight of water relative to the entire liquid phase.