Abstract: A fabric detergent formulation is provided. The formulation comprises a preservative system that includes one or more sorbates in an amount of from about 0.01 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % of the fabric detergent formulation; one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the weight ratio of the anionic surfactants to the sorbates is about 10 or more; and a solvent system that includes water in an amount of from about 50 wt. % to 100 wt. % of the fabric detergent formulation. The pH of the fabric detergent formulation is about 6.5 or more.

Abstract: A process for making sorbic acid from renewable materials is provided. The process comprises converting acetic acid to ketene; converting acetaldehyde to crotonaldehyde; reacting the ketene with the crotonaldehyde to produce a polyester; and converting the polyester to sorbic acid. Renewable materials are incorporated by one of the following methods: a) the acetic acid is produced by reacting methanol derived from renewable organic material with carbon monoxide, b) the acetic acid is a biobased acetic acid, c) the crotonaldehyde is a biobased crotonaldehyde, d) the crotonaldehyde is produced by converting a biobased acetaldehyde to crotonaldehyde, e) the crotonaldehyde is produced by converting acetaldehyde to crotonaldehyde and the acetaldehyde is produced from bioethylene, or any combination of a), b), c), d) and e).

Abstract: A fabric detergent formulation is provided. The formulation comprises a preservative system that includes one or more sorbates in an amount of from about 0.01 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % of the fabric detergent formulation; one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the weight ratio of the anionic surfactants to the sorbates is about 10 or more; and a solvent system that includes water in an amount of from about 50 wt. % to 100 wt. % of the fabric detergent formulation. The pH of the fabric detergent formulation is about 6.5 or more.