Patent ID: 9605236
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A01N,B08B,C11D

Claim:
1. A low alkaline detergent composition comprising: from about 0.1-15 wt-% of an aminocarboxylate; from about 0.1-15 wt-% of a water conditioning polymer; from about 0.1-15 wt-% of a builder; from about 5-60 wt-% of a non-caustic alkalinity source; and from about 20-80 wt-% of water, wherein the composition is free of surfactants and reduces or eliminates scale build-up and enhances protein removal on treated surfaces, and wherein a use solution of the composition has a pH of at least about 8, wherein the water conditioning polymer is a polyacrylate, polycarboxylate, or polycarboxylic acid and wherein the builder is a condensed phosphate, phosphonate or organic, phosphonate, and wherein the detergent composition provides an effective sanitizing effect at wash temperatures that are not heated above about 140° F. when employed with a sanitizer.