A process for producing a hard fat, which involves fractionating a fat blend in a diluting liquid oil to obtain a stearin fraction rich in triglycerides from two long chain fatty acids and one medium chain fatty acid. Use of the stearin fraction for the production of diet margarines.

A laundry detergent composition comprising from about 0.1% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a polyamine mono-anionic surfactant; and a solubiliser; in a defined weight ratio. Also, a process of making the polyamine mono-anionic surfactant and the laundry compositions containing the same.

A non-intrusive device for automatically dosing at least one liquid laundry care composition to an automatic laundry washing machine. The device employs a Venturi tube mechanism or a pump to dose the laundry detergent care composition. The dosing is controlled by a machine-generic algorithm capable of determining the actual cycle at any duration of wash for various cycle designs from various washing machines, without the input of precise cycle design; and dose the correct products correctly and ...

The present invention provides a bleaching composition comprising a [3.3.1] bicycle compound of formula (I) carrying at least one C8-C22-alkyl chain, the bleaching composition being substantially devoid of a peroxygen source. ##STR00001##

The present invention provides a bleaching composition comprising a [3.3.1] bicycle compound of formula (I) carrying at least one C8-C22-alkyl chain, together with a peroxygen source.

A hair care composition providing good tactile as well as visual hair benefits comprises: (a) 0.00001 to 0.01% by weight of the composition of a perfluoropolyether material, and (b) 0.0001 to 0.4% by weight of the composition of a silicone conditioning agent.

A laundry treatment composition which comprises a surfactant and from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of a combination of dyes which together have a visual effect on the human eye as a single dye having a peak absorption wavelength on cotton of from 540 nm to 650 nm, preferably from 570 mn to 630 mn, the combination comprising a photostable dye which is substantive to cotton.

A non-spray-dried particulate detergent composition or component having a bulk density of at least 600 g/liter, prepared by mixing and granulating liquid and solid ingredients in a high-speed mixer/granulator, contains a builder polymer and/or a soil-release polymer. The polymer is incorporated during the mixing and granulation process in the form of a non-aqueous premix with a non-aqueous diluent.

A process for the production of a detergent composition or component having a bulk density of less than 700 g/l which involves mixing a particulate starting material compound with a liquid binder in a mixer/granulator having both a stirring and a cutting action wherein the starting material contains a component, which is not a detergent active compound, having a bulk density of not more than 600 g/l is disclosed.

N-substituted fatty acid amides which sufficiently inhibit LRAT or ARAT catalyzed esterification of retinol into inactive retinyl esters, have the same effect on keratinocytes as retinoic acid. Thus, effects of the retinol or retinyl esters in combination with N-substituted fatty acid amides are analogous to treatment with retinoic acid.