Patent ID: 7884064

Claim:
A liquid detergent composition, comprising: about 0.1% to about 99.9% active weight of the total composition of at least one sulfo-estolide surfactant having the following general Formula 1: wherein n is an integer from 1-30; one of X and Y is SO 3 —Z, the other of X and Y is H (i.e., a hydrogen atom), and X and Y are independently assigned in each repeating unit; A 1 and A 2 are linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or un-substituted, alkyl diradicals wherein the total number of carbons for each repeating unit is independent and in the range of C 8 to C 22 ; a is 0, 1, or 2, and is independently assigned in each repeating unit; R is linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or un-substituted hydrocarbon wherein the total number of carbon atoms is from 1 to 24; W is H or a monovalent or divalent metal cation, ammonium cation, substituted ammonium cation, or an alkyl or substituted alkyl group; and Z is H or a monovalent or divalent metal cation, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation; and about 0.1% to about 99.9% of at least one additional surfactant.