Patent ID: 7820613
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: A61K,A61Q,C11D

Abstract:
1. A powder soap composition comprising a powder soap made of a fatty acid alkali metal salt, wherein the powder soap is obtained by the steps comprising: reacting a saturated fatty acid with an alkali metal compound to obtain a soap, wherein the saturated fatty acid comprises 5 to 50 percent by weight of lauric acid, 40 to 80 percent by weight of myristic acid, and 5 to 20 percent by weight of palmitic acid, and the total amount of the lauric acid, the myristic acid and the palmitic acid is 95 to 100 percent by weight; and performing a 2-step drying process wherein the water content of the soap after a second drying step is 3 percent by weight or less, wherein the powder soap has a mean particle size of 100 to 250 μm; and wherein a water content of the composition is 3 percent by weight or less.