Patent ID: 7776103

Claim:
A process for washing, cleaning or aftertreatment of laundry consisting of: (1) contacting said laundry at a temperature of less than or equal to about 40° C., with an aqueous composition comprising: wherein R″, independently of each other, represent a hydrogen atom or a sulfur-containing group selected from the group consisting of OC—CH 2 —S—SO 3 M and SO 3 M, and, wherein, at least one R″ is a sulfur-containing group, AO, independently of each other, represents C 2 H 4 O—, C 3 H 6 O— or C 4 H 8 O—, the indices x, y and z, independently of one another, are 0 or their sum has a value of from 1 to 500, M is a cation having at least one charge, provided that when any of x, y or z is zero, its corresponding substituent R″ is a hydrogen atom; (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of textile fiber cleaning surfactants and textile fiber softening agents; and (c) water; and (2) drying said laundry; wherein the treated laundry exhibits reduced pilling.