Patent ID: 6881712

Claim:
A laundry detergent product, capable of removing malodor from laundered items during an automatic laundry washing process, comprising: (a) cyclodextrin granules formed from a mixture of cyclodextrin powder wherein said cyclodextrin powder includes cavities whereby said cavities remain essentially unfilled while said cyclodextrin is in solution so as to allow said cyclodextrin to absorb odor molecules when said solution is applied to a surface; an inorganic compound wherein said inorganic compound is an aluminosilicate ion exchange material of the formula, M m/n [(AlO 2 ) m (SiO 2 ) y ]·xH 2 O where n is the valence of the cation M, x is the number of water molecules per unit cell, m and y are the total number of tetrahedra per unit cell, and y/m is 1 to 100, and wherein M is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium; and an aqueous medium, said cyclodextrin granules having a particle size in a range of from about 100 microns to about 1200 microns; and (b) a laundry detergent composition including a surfactant, a builder and an enzyme, said laundry detergent product being adapted to readily dissolve and disperse said cyclodextrin granules into a wash solution when said laundry detergent product is used in said automatic laundry washing process, and wherein said cyclodextrin, when released into said wash solution, has an odor loading factor of at least about 50.