Abstract: The application relates to a shaped detergent product comprising 10-100 wt. % of a solid amorphous phase and 0-90 wt. % of one or more other solid phases, wherein the solid amorphous phase comprises 25-88 wt. % free acid equivalent of aminopolycarboxylate, 10-60 wt. % free acid equivalent of an acid, wherein the acid is not an aminopolycarboxylate, 2-30 wt. % water, and wherein the shaped detergent product contains at least 0.5 wt. % surfactant.

Abstract: A shaped detergent product comprising 10 to 100 wt. % of a first solid phase and 0 to 90 wt. % of one or more other phases, wherein the first solid phase comprises: a) non-crystalline chiral aminopolycarboxylate; b) non-crystalline organic acid other than component a); c) at most 30 wt. % water; d) at most 50 wt. % of non-crystalline water-soluble component other than component a) or component b); e) at most 20 wt. % of homogeneously dispersed crystalline material; wherein the combination of the components a), b) and c) is present in the first solid phase in a concentration of at least 35 wt. % of the total weight of the solid phase; and wherein components a), b) and c) are present in the solid phase in a ratio of from 25 to 88 parts by weight of free acid equivalent of component a): from 10 to 60 parts by weight of free acid equivalent of component b): from 2 to 30 parts by weight of component c); and wherein the shaped detergent product comprises at least 0.5 wt. % surfactant.

Abstract: A solid composition comprising: a) from 25 to 88 wt. % free acid equivalent of non-crystalline chiral aminopolycarboxylate; and b) from 10 to 60 wt. % free acid equivalent of non-crystalline organic acid different from aminopolycarboxylate; and c) from 2 to 30 wt. % of water wherein the pH of a solution made by dissolving the solid in water in a 1:1 weight ratio is at most 10.0, as measured at 25 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: A solid composition comprising: a) from 15 to 90 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solid composition, free acid equivalent of aminopolycarboxylate; and b) from 1 to 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solid composition, free acid equivalent of inorganic acid; and c) from 2 to 30 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solid composition, of water; and wherein the pH of a solution made by dissolving the solid in water at 1 wt. % is at least 5.0 as measured at 25 degrees Celsius; and wherein the pH of a solution made by dissolving the solid in water in a 1:1: weight ratio is at most 10 as measured at 25 degrees Celsius, wherein at least 10 wt. % of the ingredient a), based on the total weight of the ingredient a) is non-crystalline; and wherein at least 10 wt. % of ingredient b), based on the total weight of the ingredient b) is non-crystalline.

Abstract: A shaped detergent product comprising 10 to 100 wt. % of a first solid phase and 0 to 90 wt. % of one or more other phases, said first solid phase comprising: a) non-crystalline chiral aminopolycarboxylate; b) non-crystalline organic acid other than component a); c) at most 30 wt. % water; d) at most 50 wt. % of non-crystalline water-soluble component other than component a) or component b); e) at most 20 wt. % of homogeneously dispersed crystalline material; wherein the combination of the components a), b) and c) is present in the first solid phase in a concentration of at least 35 wt. % of the total weight of said solid phase; and wherein components a), b) and c) are present in the solid phase in a ratio of from 25 to 88 parts by weight of free acid equivalent of component a): from 10 to 60 parts by weight of free acid equivalent of component b) : from 2 to 30 parts by weight of component c); and wherein the shaped detergent product comprises at least 0.5 wt. % surfactant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped detergent product comprising 10-100 wt. % of a solid amorphous phase and 0-90 wt. % of one or more other solid phases, said solid amorphous phase comprising: 25-88 wt. % free acid equivalent of aminopolycarboxylate; 10-60 wt. % free acid equivalent of an acid, said acid not being an am inopolycarboxylate; 2-30 wt. % water; wherein the shaped detergent product contains at least 0.5 wt. % surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pourable thixotropic detergent composition comprising a continuous phase and at least 0.3 wt. % of suspended particles comprising water-soluble surfactant, said continuous phase containing at least 10 wt. % of an aminocarboxylate chelant and at least 10 wt. % of water and said water-soluble surfactant being selected from aryl sulfonate surfactant, alkyl sulfate surfactant and combinations thereof. The pourable detergent composition offers the advantage that it does not exhibit significant demixing during storage.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a composition containing at least 10 wt. % of GLDA, at least 10 wt. % water and one or more active enzymes; wherein the weight ratio of GLDA to water lies within the range of 5:6 to 5:1, preferably of 9:10 to 3:1; more preferably of 1:1 to 5:2. The composition of the present invention offers the advantage that the enzyme retains it activity despite the fact that the aqueous composition contains a high amount of GLDA relative to the water content of the composition, even if this GLDA was incorporated in the form of the highly alkaline tetrasodium salt The invention also provides a process of preparing such a composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent formulation comprising water, one or more moisture-sensitive detergent ingredients and an aminocarboxylate chelant comprising at least three carboxylate residues; wherein the combination of aminocarboxylate chelant and water represents at least 20% by weight of the detergent formulation; wherein the weight ratio of aminocarboxylate chelant to water lies within the range of 5:6 to 5:1; and wherein the detergent formulation has a pH in the range of 7.2 to 12. The detergent composition offers the advantage that adverse effects of water uptake during storage are minimized. The invention further relates to detergent product comprising a container that holds the aforementioned detergent formulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pourable thixotropic detergent composition comprising a continuous phase and at least 0.3 wt. % of suspended particles comprising water-soluble surfactant, said continuous phase containing at least 10 wt. % of an aminocarboxylate chelant and at least 10 wt. % of water and said water-soluble surfactant being selected from aryl sulfonate surfactant, alkyl sulfate surfactant and combinations thereof. The pourable detergent composition offers the advantage that it does not exhibit significant demixing during storage.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of free flowing granules of low hygroscopicity of one or more methylglycine diacetic acid (MGDA) salts, of the formula wherein R?CH3 and M is hydrogen, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium in the appropriate stoechiometric amounts, by a process comprising the steps of i) heating a concentrated slurry comprising methylglycine diacetic acid (MGDA) and/or any salts thereof, the slurry having a solids content in the range of 45% to 70% and suitably in the range from 50% to 70%, and a moisture content of 30% up to 55%, and suitably between 30% and 50%, to a temperature in the range of 50 to 120° C., preferably to about 80° C., and ii) spray granulating said slurry, using an air inlet temperature of 120° C. or less.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of free flowing granules of low hygroscopicity of one or more methylglycine diacetic acid (MGDA) salts, of the formula wherein R=CH3 and M is hydrogen, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium in the appropriate stoechiometric amounts, by a process comprising the steps of i) heating a concentrated slurry comprising methylglycine diacetic acid (MGDA) and/or any salts thereof, the slurry having a solids content content in the range of 45% to 70% and suitably in the range from 50% to 70%, and a moisture content of 30% up to 55%, and suitably between 30% and 50%, to a temperature in the range of 50 to 120° C., preferably to about 80° C., and ii) spray granulating said slurry, using an air inlet temperature of 120° C. or less.