Abstract: A method and composition is provided for removing protein soil and preventing redeposition of soils onto a surface. The method includes introducing a protein-removing/anti-redeposition agent during a washing step of a wash cycle, introducing a cleaning composition during the washing step of the wash cycle, washing the surface of the substrate with the protein-removing/anti-redeposition agent and the cleaning composition during the wash cycle, and subsequently rinsing the surface of the substrate with a rinse aid. The protein-removing/anti-redeposition agent includes a poly sugar and the cleaning composition includes an alkalinity source and a surfactant component. The composition is substantially free of phosphorus-containing compounds and includes less than about 0.05% by weight alkali earth metal.

Abstract: An enzymatic system includes a first pH neutral composition and a second pH neutral composition. The first pH neutral composition includes a low temperature enzyme effective at removing blood and hemoglobin. The second pH neutral composition includes a high temperature enzyme effective at removing mucous, fibrin and fat. In one embodiment, the low temperature enzyme has an activation temperature of about 50 degrees to about 120 degrees Fahrenheit and the high temperature enzyme has an activation temperature of about 140 to about 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

Abstract: A chemical product dispenser that controls dispensation of a chemical product based on a change in weight of the chemical product remaining in the dispenser includes an isolation mechanism. The dispenser includes a weight measurement instrument, such as one or more load cells, that measure the weight of the chemical product remaining the dispenser. The isolation mechanism is configured to lift the chemical product from a lowered position in which the weight of the chemical product is fully supported by the load cell(s) to a raised position in which the weight of the chemical product is fully supported by the isolation mechanism. When in the raised position, the dispenser may be loaded with a supply of chemical product with a reduced risk of damage to the weight measurement instrument.

Abstract: A detergent composition for preventing scale on various surfaces includes a threshold system, a caustic and a surfactant system. The threshold system includes a sulfonate/acrylate copolymer, an acrylate homopolymer and a phosphonoalkane carboxylic acid with a sulfonate/acrylate copolymer to acrylate homopolymer weight ratio of between about 2:1 to about 1:2. The pH of the detergent composition is between about 10 and about 13.

Abstract: A cleaning composition for removing soils includes an aluminum salt, a hydroxycarboxylate, an alkalinity source and optionally, a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 14.

Abstract: A detergent composition for preventing scale on various surfaces includes a threshold system, a caustic and a surfactant system. The threshold system includes a sulfonate/acrylate copolymer, an acrylate homopolymer and a phosphonoalkane carboxylic acid with a sulfonate/acrylate copolymer to acrylate homopolymer weight ratio of between about 2:1 to about 1:2. The pH of the detergent composition is between about 10 and about 13.