Patent ID: 8334250

Claim:
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: i. from above 10% to about 20% detersive surfactant; ii. from above 0% to about 15% polymeric component selected from the group of: polymeric carboxylate; polyester soil release agent; cellulosic polymer; and mixtures thereof; iii. from above 0% to 10% chelant; iv. from above 0% to 40% filler salt; v. from about 3% to about 40% alkalinity source; and vi. from about 1% to about 20% zeolite; 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.