The present invention relates to detergents and rinse agents for machine dishwashing and to supply forms which combine detergent and rinse agent containing certain polymers in a single product comprising at least one polymer with cationic monomer units and at least one anionic polymer modified with phosphorus- and/or sulfur-containing groups, characterized in that the pH value of a 1% by weight solution of the anionic polymer in distilled water at 20° C. is less than pH 6.

According to the present invention there is provided a washing detergent in the form of a tablet comprising one or more detergent compositions and wherein at least one detergent composition dissolves in a dishwashing machine in less than 3 minutes.

According to the present invention there is provided a washing detergent in the form of a tablet comprising one or more detergent compositions and wherein at least one detergent composition dissolves in a dishwashing machine in less than 3 minutes.

The present invention relates to granular laundry detergent compositions that comprise improved hydrotropes, wherein the hydrotropes are organic molecules in which two polar groups are separated from each other by at least 5 aliphatic carbon atoms.

A laundry detergent composition comprising from about 0.1 % to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a polyamine mono-anionic surfactant; and a solubiliser; in a defined weight ratio. Also, a process of making the polyamine mono-anionic surfactant and the laundry compositions containing the same.

The present invention relates to novel modified polyaminoamides which are useful as dispersing agents for particulate inorganic solids, especially for inorganic pigments such as clay minerals. The new polyamides are also useful as graying inhibiting additives and detergency boosting additives in washing composition for laundry. In the modified polyaminoamide according to the invention at least a part of the amino nitrogens of the polymer carry both a hydrocarbon radical R which is selected from C1-C6-alkyl, C6-C16-aryl-C1-C4-alkyl and a group AIk-O-A, wherein A is hydrogen or an acidic group selected from B1—PO(OH)2, B1—S(O)2OH and B2—COOH which may be present in the acidic or anionic form, wherein B1 is a single bond or C1-C6-alkanediyl, and B2 is C1-C6-alkanediyl and Alk is C2-C6-alkane-1,2-diyl, and a moiety of the formula (I) —(CH2—CR1R2—O—)pA ,wherein A is as defined above R1 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, C6-C16-aryl or C6-C16-aryl-C1-C4-alkyl, R2 is independently selected from hydrogen or methyl and p is an integer provided that p has a number average of at least 10.

1. A liquid cleaning agent for hard surfaces based on aqueous solutions of surfactants, builders and organic polymers, characterized in that it contains as organic polymers from 0.05 to 0.5 % by weight and preferably from 0.08 to 0.4 % by weight of water-soluble polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight of from 300,000 to 4,000,000 and preferably from 500,000 to 1,000,000.

Solid detergents contain (a) fatty alcohol sulfates; and (b) fatty amines and/or fatty acid amidoamines.

A composition comprising a cationic fabric conditioning agent, a water-soluble protein or derivative thereof, a thickener that is substantive to the fibres of a fabric, a fabric softening silicone and water. Preferably, the cationic fabric conditioning active is di-(tallow carboxyethyl) hydroxyethyl methyl ammonium X<-> and the water-soluble protein is selected from wheat, cotton, silk, keratin, collagen, elastin, casein and soya. The thickener is preferably a water-soluble polymer, more preferably a cationic carbohydrate, most preferably a guar gum. The silicone is preferably an aminosilicone or a methicone derivative and the balance of the composition is water. Most preferably, the composition additionally comprises a fatty compound as a co-softener. The composition has excellent fabric softening properties and also protects fabrics, especially wool from felting.

A cleaning tablet which has a plurality of discrete regions with differing compositions, characterised in that at least one first region of the tablet comprises at least 50 wt% (based on the weight of said region) of non-soap anionic surfactants;from 1 to 20 wt% (based on the weight of said region) of structurant materials; and from 1 to 30 wt% (based on the weight of said region) of diluent materials.