Patent ID: 7049280

Claim:
A process for forming a laundry detergent composition comprising a free flowing cyclodextrin capable of removing malador from laundered items during automatic laundry washing comprising the steps of: (a) forming uncomplexed cyclodextrin granules from a mixture of water soluble cyclodextrin powder substantially free of perfume, an inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of sulfates, carbonates, silicates, aluminosilicates, phosphates, silica, citrares, perborate, talc and mixtures thereof, and an aqueous medium; (b) particulizing said cyclodextrin granules to a particle size in a range of from about 100 microns to about 1200 microns; (c) admixing said cyclodextrin granules in a laundry detergent composition a laundry detergent product having thereby forming cyclodextrin granules that have an odor loading factor of at least about 50 when said cyclodextrin granules are dispersed in a wash solution during an automatic laundry washing process.