Patent ID: 8455418

Claim:
A polyglyceryl composition comprising one or more compounds characterized by the following structure: a node structure that is a polynucleophile remnant derived from methyl glucoside or sorbitan; one or more (poly)glyceryl groups; and one or more hydrophobic moieties; wherein each of said one or more (poly)glyceryl groups is linked to said node structure by a first primary linking group, said one or more hydrophobic moieties are each independently linked either to said node structure by a primary linking group or to one of said (poly)glyceryl groups by a secondary linking group; and wherein said polyglyceryl thickener composition has an average degree of glyceryl polymerization of from greater than 3 to less than about 11 and an average number of hydrophobic groups per primary linking group of about 0.35 or greater; provided that if the node structure is a polynucleophile remnant derived from sorbitan then said one or more compounds comprises a polyglyceryl sorbitan diester compound having from greater than 3 to about 11 glyceryl groups.