Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a Division of Conopco, Inc.

Unilever IP Holdings B.v.

Unilever Global IP Limited

Kenneth Metcalfe

William Derek Emery

Seeng Djiang Liem

Terry Instone

Andreas Theodorus Groot

Ian Peter Stott

Gilbert Martin Verschelling

Philippus Cornelis Van Der Hoeven

Nicholas Webb

Peter James Tollington

Richard George Smith

Vincent Charles Mole

Emily Grace Smith

Joanne Clare O'KEEFFE

Robert Joseph Cornmell

Nathan Robert Bell

Detergent compositions

Free flowing detergent composition containing high levels of surfactant

A process for producing granules of anionic surfactant, preferably PAS by heating an aqueous paste of the surfactant to a temperature in excess of 130.degree. C. and subsequently cooling the feedstock to provide surfactant granules, detergent particles obtainable by the process and compositions containing them are disclosed.

Production of anionic surfactant granules

A process for producing granules of anionic surfactant, preferably PAS by in situ neutralisation of a precursor acid to form the surfactant, heating the surfactant to a temperature in excess of 130.degree. C. and subsequently cooling the to provide surfactant granules is disclosed. Detergent compositions containing such granules are also disclosed.

Production of anionic surfactant granules by in situ neutralization

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Wirral, United Kingdom

Kenneth Metcalfe