Patent ID: 7674763

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a molded detergent composition, the method comprising: (a) mixing a hydrated component and a hydratable component without heating to provide a mixture: (i) the hydratable component comprising water, if present at all, at a level of less than about 2 wt. % based on the weight of the hydratable component; (ii) the hydratable component being a component which successfully competes with the hydrated component for at least a portion of water of hydration; (b) molding the mixture to provide a molded detergent composition; and (c) solidifying the molded detergent composition as a result of movement of the water of hydration from the hydrated component to the hydratable component to provide the molded detergent composition as a solid under conditions of room temperature and atmospheric pressure, wherein the step of solidifying takes between about 1 minute and about 15 minutes.