Patent ID: 7662761

Claim:
A bar composition consisting essentially of: (a) 40 to 80% by wt. fatty acid soap; (b) less than 3% by wt. synthetic surfactant; (c) 5 to 30% by wt. structurant selected from the group consisting of free fatty acids, polyalkylene oxides, glycerol alkanoates and mixtures thereof; and (d) 5 to 16% by wt. water; wherein 8 to 60% by wt. of said bar comprises a complex formed from the interaction of soluble soap and multivalent ion, said soluble soap being saturated C 8 to C 14 soap and/or unsaturated soap; wherein composition comprises less than 2% by wt. builder; wherein compositions is substantially enzyme free; wherein said multivalent ion does not comprise magnesium; wherein soap and multivalent ion are added before addition of synthetic surfactant, if any; wherein a chloride of the multivalent ion is reacted with soap noodles and optional water at 30-35° C. to form said complex directly as part of the soap solid formation process.