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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 01, 2020
Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa, Duesseldorf, DE;
Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Fairfield, CT (US);
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A unit dose detergent pack is disclosed. The unit dose detergent pack includes a pouch formed from a water-soluble film and an opacified liquid detergent composition releasably disposed within the pouch. The opacified liquid detergent composition includes a plurality of neutralizing agents including more than 50 mole percent of sodium hydroxide and a remainder alkanolamine based on a total of 100 mole percent of the sodium hydroxide and the alkanolamine together. The composition further includes a fatty acid and water. A weight ratio of the sodium hydroxide and the fatty acid is from about 0.3:1 to about 0.8 to 1. The opacified liquid detergent composition is free of a microplastic opacifier and has a turbidity of at least 250 NTUs measured utilizing a turbidity meter at about 24° C. Also disclosed is an opacified liquid detergent composition and a method of making the same.