Kao Corporation

Yohei Ozeki

Teruo Kubota

Motomitsu Hasumi

Takanori Kotera

Wataru Ueno

Satoshi Furuya

[PROBLEMS] To provide a softening detergent composition capable of washing a fibrous manufactured article having softening ability, and at the same time allowing a clay mineral to be less likely to remain on clothes.

Softening detergent composition

[PROBLEMS] To provide a softening detergent composition capable of washing a fibrous manufactured article or the like having softening ability, and at the same time allowing a clay mineral to be less likely to remain on clothes. [SOLVING MEANS] A softening detergent composition containing (a) 2 to 20% by mass of clay granules containing as a main component a smectite clay mineral represented by the following general formula (I), provided that a Na/Ca mass ratio in the granules is 1.0 or more: [Si(MgAl)O(OH)].X/n [Me](I), wherein a, b, and x satisfy the formulas 0&#x3c;a&#x2266;6, 0&#x2266;b&#x2266;4, 0.2&#x2266;x=12&#x2212;2a&#x2212;3b&#x2266;1.2; Me is at least one member of Na, K, Li, Ca, Mg and NH; and n is valency of Me; (b) 3 to 9% by mass of a nonionic surfactant; and (c) 12 to 27% by mass of an anionic surfactant, provided that a salt of a fatty acid is excluded; and the softening detergent composition used for hand-washing.

The present invention relates to a softening detergent composition containing a glyceryl monoether represented by formula (I) and (b) a clay mineral:R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CHO)&#x2014;H&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms and n represents the degree of condensation of glycerin and denotes a number from 3 to 5.

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Wakayama, Japan

Yohei Ozeki