The Procter Gamble Company

John R Cockrell, Jr

Dean C Hanley

Granular detergent compositions containing organic peroxyacids are buffered to a pH of from about 8.5 to about 8.6 in water of about 2 grains hardness and no less than about 8 in water of about 14 grains hardness, preferably by using boric acid, to provide optimum overall cleaning.

Detergent composition containing organic peracids buffered for optimum

Laundry detergent compositions containing no or low levels of phosphate materials and specific mixtures of selected cationic surfactants, preferably having reduced cationic monomer concentrations of from about 0.005 to about 0.2, are disclosed. These compositions are unusually effective in removing particulate soils from fabrics. A process for laundering fabrics using these compositions is also disclosed.

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Loveland, OH, United States of America

John R Cockrell, Jr