The Procter Gamble Company

Adam Porter

Hossam Hassan Tantawy

Andre Chieffi

Anthony McMeekin

Jill Robyn Dorgan

Andrew Brian Greenaway Patton

Andres Arturo Martinez-Guzman

Stephen John Walker

Alan Thomas Brooker

Carly Pickering

Paul Anthony Gould

Hossein Ahmadian

Sabrina Beatrice Danielle Gault

Nigel Patrick Somerville-Roberts

William Alexander Caufield

Andre-Brian Greenaway Patton

Laura Judith Smalley

Michael Richard Irvine

Anthony Mcmeekin

A solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition including: (a) from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % polymer particle comprising: (i) from 70 wt % to 90 wt % co-polymer and (ii) from 10 wt % to 30 wt % salt; and (b) from 35 wt % to 80 wt % spray-dried particle including: (i) from 8 wt % to 24 wt % alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant; (ii) from 5 w % to 18 wt % silicate salt; (iii) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % sodium carbonate; and (iv) from 0 wt % to 5 wt % carboxylate polymer.

Solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition

A solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % hueing agent particle comprising: (i) from 2 wt % to 10 wt % hueing agent, wherein the hueing agent has the following structure: wherein:

A process of making a granular detergent composition comprising the steps of:

Method of making granular detergent compositions comprising polymers

Method of making granular detergent compositions comprising surfactants

The present invention is a spray-dried powder comprising: (i) from 20 to 80 wt % of a first spray-dried particle comprising less than 5 wt % sulphate, anionic detersive surfactant and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 450 g/l: and (ii) from 20 to 80 wt % of a second spray-dried particle comprising at least 45 wt % sulphate, 0 wt % to 15 wt % anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 700 g/l.

Spray-dried detergent powder

A process for making a particle comprising at least 45 wt % sulphate, from 0 wt % to 15 wt % anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 700 g/l, comprising the steps of; (a) preparing an aqueous slurry comprising sulphate, and optionally detersive surfactant; (b) drying the particle; and wherein the sulphate added to the aqueous slurry has a volume average particle size of from 10 micrometers to 50 micrometers.

Method for making a particle comprising micronised sulphate

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Adam Porter