Patent ID: 6972278

Claim:
A gel laundry detergent and/or pre-treater composition comprising: (a) from about 8% to about 35%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant, A, selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic and cationic, and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof; (b) from about 0.1% to about 5%, by weight of the composition of a non-neutralized fatty acid; (c) from about 50 to about 90% of water; (d) additional laundry composition ingredient selected from enzyme, builder, fluorescent dye, soil-release polymer, buffering agent, and mxitures thereof; (e) from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight of the composition of suspended particles having a size from about 300 to about 5000 microns; (f) wherein the weight % ratio of the structuring agent to the surfactant is less than about 1 but greater than or equal to the Gelling Index Value, G, defined by equation (I) G = 0.75 1 + ( 0.11 × A ) 8.3 - ( 0.0062 × A - 0.25 ) . ( I )