Patent ID: 6849587

Claim:
A no-drip laundry liquid or gel detergent composition comprising: (a) from about 8% to about 35%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant, A, selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic and cationic, and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof; (b) from about 0.1% to about 5%, by weight of the composition; of a non-neutralized fatty acid; (c) from about 40 to about 90% of water; (d) additional laundry composition ingredient selected from enzyme, builder, fluorescent dye, soil-release polymer, buffering agent, and mixtures thereof; (e) wherein the weight % ratio of the non-neutralized fatty acid to the surfactant A, is less than about 1 but greater than or equal to the Snap Index Value, S, defined by equation (I) S= 0.3−(0.0085 ×A ) (I).