Patent ID: 8334250
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A process of making a granular detergent composition having an L-3b value of at least about 73.5, said process consisting of the steps of: a. forming an aqueous detergent slurry comprising by weight percentage of said aqueous detergent slurry: b. spray drying said aqueous detergent slurry to form a plurality of spray-dried detergent particles; c. separately agglomerating an amphiphillic graft copolymer with zeolite and sodium carbonate in a high speed mixer to form an agglomerate, said amphiphilic graft copolymer comprising a graft copolymer of polyethylene, polypropylene or polybutylene oxide with vinyl acetate in a weight ratio of from about 1:0.2 to about 1:10; and d. adding said agglomerate to at least a portion of said plurality of spray-dried detergent particles.