Abstract: There is provided a detergent composition containing an amylase enzyme and a builder system comprising an aluminosilicate zeolite, a crystalline layered silicate and most preferably an organic polymeric compound wherein the weight ratio of said crytalline layered silicate to said amylase enzyme (120 KNU/gram activity basis) is from 7:1 to 20:1. In one preferred aspect the detergent composition contains a bleaching system capable of providing delayed release of an organic peroxyacid to a wash solution.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 2, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 4, 2000
Assignee:
Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Graham Alexander Sorrie, Alison Lesley Main