Continuous mixing in a static mixer possible can be used to add one kind of particles (such as an enzyme granular product) in a small amount to a larger amount of a different kind of particles (such as a powder stream of detergent powder), even if the powder characteristics are substantially different, with substantially no damage to the enzyme particles and with a high degree of homogeneity.

A process for making a particle, the particle includes: a) a nitrogen-containing cleaning-active in the form of a salt wherein the salt has a pH in 1% weight aqueous solution measured at 25° C. greater than 9; and b) a malodour-reducing agent including an acid group wherein the process includes the step of adding the malodour-reducing agent to the nitrogen-containing cleaning-active wherein the malodour-reducing agent is added in the absence of water.

The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having proteolytic activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, compositions comprising the polypeptides, and methods of producing and using the polypeptides.

A method of washing glassware is provided including: providing automatic dishwashing apparatus; providing soiled glassware; placing soiled glassware in automatic dishwashing apparatus; providing wash water; providing rinse water; selecting anhydrous mixed powder or mixed granule comprising: 2.5-5 wt % of oxidized maltodextrin, wherein oxidized maltodextrin has Degree of Oxidation of 0.4-1.7; 10-25 wt % of amino acid based builder; 20-75 wt % of additional builder, wherein additional builder includes at least one of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and sodium percarbonate; 2.5-7.5 wt % of bleach activator; 0.5-10 wt % of nonionic surfactant; 0.5-1 wt % of phosphonate; 1-6 wt % of enzyme; 5-15 wt % of filler; and <1 wt % water; placing selected anhydrous mixed powder or mixed granule in automatic dishwashing apparatus; contacting selected anhydrous mixed powder or mixed granule with wash water to form combination; contacting soiled glassware with combination to provide treated glassware; and then contacting treated glassware with rinse water to provide cleaned glassware.

Disclosed are high-porosity protein particles useful for carrying one or more agents of interest, methods for their manufacture and use, and products comprising them.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enzyme composition for use in cleaning components of biomass-based processing. In some embodiments, the enzyme composition comprises a surfactant or is used in combination with a surfactant-containing composition. The enzyme composition can be administered to a process stream or directly to a process screen used in biomass-based processing to facilitate removing starch build-up on the process screen.

A detergent composition comprising: (a) a polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or a fragment thereof which exhibits alpha-amylase activity; (b) a polypeptide having protease activity;
or concentrate or additive for making the same.

Consumer and industrial 2-in-1 alkaline ware washing compositions providing both detergency and rinseability in a single cleaning composition are disclosed. Further benefits can be achieved with low levels of rinse aid surfactants in a rinse additive following the alkaline ware washing composition, including levels of rinse additive surfactant of about 500 ppm surfactant or less. Alkaline ware washing compositions and methods of using the same provide user-friendly, solid, ware washing compositions without the need for using a separate rinse aid composition.

A solid granule or granular material used for cleaning agents includes an anionic surfactant component and a molding agent. The anionic surfactant component includes an anionic sulfonate surfactant and an anionic fatty alcohol-based sulfate surfactant. Based on the total amount of the cleaning granule being 100 wt %, the combined amount of the sulfonate surfactant and the sulfate surfactant is between 15.0 wt % and 100 wt %. The amount of molding agent is 5.0 wt % or less. The ratio of the sulfonate surfactant to the sulfate surfactant is 0.20 to 0.75, inclusive. A cohesion of the solid granule is between 1000 g/mm and 4000 g/mm.

A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a protease wherein the protease has at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90% and especially at least 96% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and wherein the protease comprises amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: (i) at least two amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X198G/A/K/L/Q/R/T/V/S/L, X207Q, X211Q/N and X212Q in combination with at least three amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X039E, X074D, X099R, X126A, X127E and X128G; or (ii) X039E-X074D-X099R-X116R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211N; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X207Q; or (iii) any of the proteases of (i) and (ii) further comprising at least one amino acid substitution selected from X242D and X256E; or (iv) X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X256E; using the SEQ ID NO:2 numbering.