Patent ID: 6720298
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A built laundry detergent composition comprising(i) from 5 to 40 wt % of surfactant consisting essentially of: (i)(a) from 60 to 99 wt %, based on the surfactant (i), of linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant, (i)(b) from 1 to 40 wt %, based on the surfactant (i), of an ethoxylated alcohol nonionic surfactant of the formula Râ€”(â€”Oâ€”CH2â€”CH2)nâ€”OH wherein R is a hydrocarbyl chain having from 12 to 15 carbon atoms, and the average degree of ethoxylation n is from 25 to 40, wherein the ratio of the anionic surfactant (i)(a) to the ethoxylated nonionic surfactant (i)(b) is within the range of from 5:1 to 10:1, (ii) from 10 to 40 wt % of detergency builder, (iii) optionally other detergent ingredients to 100 wt %.