Conopco, Inc.

Unilever IP Holdings B.v.

Unilever Global IP Limited

Nivedita Jagdish Patil

Ramakrishnan Subramanian

Maya Treesa Saji

Janhavi Sanjay Raut

Anindya Dasgupta

Sumana Roychowdhury

Sujoy Bej

Saheli Chakraborty

Siva Rama Krishna Perala

Jyoti Kumar Tiwari

Morris Waskar

The invention provides an itaconate surfactant having the following formula (I) in which Ris selected from aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups having 4 to 22 carbon atoms; Ris selected from hydrogen and aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and n is an integer ranging from 8 to 20. The surfactants of the invention are benign to the skin and to the environment yet can offer a performance that is comparable to that of 'traditional' anionic and anionic/nonionic surfactant systems, especially on difficult-to-remove stains.

Itaconate surfactants

The invention relates to a composition comprising 5 to 100 wt. % of a structured aqueous phase wherein the composition contains 0.1 to 10 wt. % sericin by weight of water, said sericin having a proportion of beta-sheet in the secondary structure that exceeds 80%. It was found that sericin having a proportion of beta-sheet in the secondary structure that exceeds 80% is an excellent water structurant and can suitably be used to structure the aqueous phase of a wide range of products, such as cosmetic products, pharmaceutical products, food products and detergent compositions.

Composition comprising a structured aqueous phase and sericin

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Bengaluru, India

Nivedita Jagdish Patil