Patent ID: 6440908
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A personal wash bar composition comprising:(a) 30% to 70% by wt. of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of fatty acid soap, anionic surfactant other than soap, amphoteric surfactant, nonionic surfactant and mixtures thereof; wherein at least 30% of the surfactant system comprises anhydrous soap; (b) 0.1% to 25% by wt. of a borate compound; (c) about 20% by wt. to 60% by wt. water structured by borax; wherein said bar contains no enzymes; wherein said bar has hardness expressed as penetration value of less than or equal to 8 as measured by penetrometer test; and wherein said bar is made using a step in which ingredients used to form said bar are milled, plodded and stamped.