Patent ID: 8299174

Claim:
An aqueous formaldehyde free composition comprising, as a percentage by weight of solids: a. from 25% to 92% of one or more carbohydrate chosen from the group consisting of: a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, a polysaccharide, a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof; b. at least 8% of one or more salt, which salt is an ammonium salt of an inorganic acid; and further comprising an emulsion polymer in an amount of from 5% to 50%, the emulsion copolymer chosen from a high acid polymer of from 4 to 40 wt. % based on copolymer solids, of a copolymerized carboxy monomer, a low acid polymer, and a polymer comprising a copolymerized multi-ethylenically unsaturated monomer.