CA2136947A1 - Structured liquid detergent compositions - Google Patents

Structured liquid detergent compositions

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CA2136947A1
CA2136947A1 CA 2136947 CA2136947A CA2136947A1 CA 2136947 A1 CA2136947 A1 CA 2136947A1 CA 2136947 CA2136947 CA 2136947 CA 2136947 A CA2136947 A CA 2136947A CA 2136947 A1 CA2136947 A1 CA 2136947A1
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Jean-Pol Boutique
Athanasios Surutzidis
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/38Cationic compounds
    • C11D1/65Mixtures of anionic with cationic compounds
    • C11D1/652Mixtures of anionic compounds with carboxylic amides or alkylol amides
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/0008Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties aqueous liquid non soap compositions
    • C11D17/0026Structured liquid compositions, e.g. liquid crystalline phases or network containing non-Newtonian phase
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/02Anionic compounds
    • C11D1/12Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/02Anionic compounds
    • C11D1/12Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof
    • C11D1/14Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons or mono-alcohols
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/02Anionic compounds
    • C11D1/12Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof
    • C11D1/22Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof derived from aromatic compounds
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/38Cationic compounds
    • C11D1/52Carboxylic amides, alkylolamides or imides or their condensation products with alkylene oxides
    • C11D1/525Carboxylic amides (R1-CO-NR2R3), where R1, R2 or R3 contain two or more hydroxy groups per alkyl group, e.g. R3 being a reducing sugar rest

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Abstract

Aqueous detergent compositions are described which comprise an anisotropic surfactant phase. The anisotropic surfactant phase is formed by a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic surfactant.

Description

~24602 ~ 1 3 6 9 4 7 PCI /US93/04232 STRUCTURED LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS

Technical field The present invention relates to structured liquid detergent compositions. The compositions according to the present invention are especially suitable for suspending solid particles which are insoluble in the composition or liquids which are immiscible in the detergent composition.
The compositions according to this in~ention are particularly suitable for laundry applications.

Back~round Structured liquid detergents have been extensively described in the art, with a view to suspend solid particles which are insoluble in the detergent matrix, or liquids which are immiscible in the detergent matrix. In `t non-structured liquid detergents, the presence of such ingredients generally leads to sedimentation or phase separation and therefore renders such detergents unacceptable from a consumer's ~iewpoint.

SUBSl I~U ' E SHEET

W O 93/24602 2 I 3 6 9 ~ 7 ` ; ` PC~r/US93/04232 In response to this need, detergent formulators have designed structured liquid detergents which have the capability of stably suspending solids or immiscible liquids. A typical approach to these compositions is the combination of an anionic surfactant with an electrolyte.
In most of these compositions, particularly those designed for laundry application, the electrolyte present serves no other purpose than the formation of the suspending structure.

It is thus an object of the present invention to formulate a structured liquid detergent composition which can suspend solids or immiscible liquids, said composition being free of electrolyte or, more generally, free of any ingredient having the sole purpose of forming the structure. In other words, it is an object of the present invention to formulate a structured liquid detergent composition, using only conventional detergency ingredients which all participate to the laundering process.

EP 414 549, to Albright & Wilson, discloses structured liquid compositions which are free of electrolyte. The structure is obtained by using particular surface-active systems which are quite unusual in the field of laundry detergents. No laundry cleanlng composition is exemplified in EP 414 549.

EP 295 021, to Albright & Wilson, discloses a structured liquid surfactant system for use in liquid compositions, comprising an anionic surfactant and a highly hydrophobic nonionic surfactant.
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It is thus a further object of the present invention to formulate a structured liquid detergent composition which comprises nothing but detergency ingredients which have already found wide application in this field, thus providing good cleaning performance.

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W093/24602 ~ PCT/US93/V4232 It has now been found that the above objects could be met by formulating an aqueous composition which comprises a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a hydrophilic polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactant. Such polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactants have been described in laundry detergent compositions for instance in EP 285 758 and our co-pending applications PCT/US sl/07021, PCT/US 91/07025, PCT~US 91/07026, PCT/US 91/07027, PCT/US 91/07030 and PCT/US 91/06982.

SummarY of the inventlon The compositions according to the present invention are aqueous liquid detergent compositions which comprise an anisotropic surfactant phase, comprising from 8~ to 60% by ~-weight of the total composition of a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant, characterized in that the nonionic surfactant is a polyhydroxy fatty acid amide of the formula:

' wherein R1 is H, a C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2- :
hydroxy propyl, or a mixture thereof, R2 is C5-C31 :
hydrocarbyl and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof, and the weight ratio of said anionic surfactant to said polyhydroxy -fatty acid amide nonionic surfactant is in the range of from 10:1 to 1:10.

Detailed descri~tion of the invention The compositions according to the present invention are aqueous structured compositions which comprise an anisotropic surfactant phase. The presence of an anisotropic surfactant phase can be readily checked by SUBSTITUTI~ SHEET

W093/24602 2 1 3 ~ 9 47 PCT/US93/04232 ~ 4 observing a sample of the composition through an optical microscope, between Nichol prisms.

The anisotropic surfactant phase is formed by using a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic surfactant. The compositions according to the present invention comprise from 8% to 60% by weight of the total composition of said surfactant mixture, preferably from 15% to 40~.

Polvh~droxY fattv acid amide nonionic surfactant The polyhydroxyfatty acid amide nonionic surfactant suitable for use herein is of the formula:

'`- O Rl R2 ~ _ N _ Z

wherein: R1 is H, a C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxy ethyl, 2-hydroxy propyl, or a mixture thereof, preferably C1-C4 alkyl, more preferably C1 or C2 alkyl, most preferably C
alkyl (i.e., methyl~; and R2 is C5-C31 hydrocarbyl, preferably straight chain C7-C19 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably straight chain Cg-Cl7 alkyl or alkenyl, most preferably straight chain Cll-C17 alkyl or alkenyl, or mixtures thereof; and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative (preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated) thereof. Z preferably will be derived from a reducing sugar in a reductive amination reaction; more preferably Z
is a glycityl. Suitable reducing sugars include glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose and xylose.
As raw materials, high dextrose corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, and high maltose corn syrup can be utilized as well as the individual sugars listed above. These corn SUBSTIT JTE SHEET

W093~24602 PCT/US93/04232 syrups may yield a mix of sugar components for Z. It should be understood that it is by no means intended to exclude other suitable raw materials. Z preferably will be selected from the group consisting of -CH2-(CHOH)n-CH2OH, ~CH(CH2OH)~(CHOH)n-l~cH2OHl -cH2-(cHoH)2(cHoRl)(CHOH)-CH2OH, where n is an integer from 3 to 5, inclusive, and R' is H or a cyclic or aliphatic monosaccharide, and alkoxylated derivatives thereof. Most preferred are glycityls wherein n is 4, particularly -CH2-(CHOH)4-CH2OH.

In Formula (I), R1 can be, for example, N-methyl, N-ethyl, N-propyl, N-isopropyl, N-butyl, N-2-hydroxy ethyl, or N-2-hydroxy propyl.

R2-CO-N< can be, for example, cocamide, stearamide, oleamide, lauramide, myristamide, capricamide, palmitamide, tallowamide, etc.

Z can be 1-deoxyglucityl, 2-deoxyfructityl, 1-deoxymaltityl, 1-deoxylactityl, 1-deoxygalactityl, l-deoxymannityl, 1-deoxymalto-triotityl, etc.

Methods for making polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are known in the art. In general, they can be made by reacting an alkyl amine with a reducing sugar in a reductive amination reaction to form a corresponding N-alkyl poly-hydroxyamine, and then reacting the N-alkyl polyhydroxy-amine with a fatty aliphatic ester or triglyceride in a condensation/amidation step to form the N-alkyl, N-poly-hydroxy fatty acid amide product. Processes for making compositions containing polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are disclosed, for example, in G.B. Patent Specification 809,060, published February 18, 1959, by Thomas Hedley &
Co~, Ltd.; U.S. Patent 2,965,576, issued December 20, 1960 to E. R. Wilson, and U.S. Patent 2,703,798, Anthony M.
Schwartz, issued March 8, 1955, and U.S. Patent 1,985,424, SUBSTITUTE SHEET

W093/24602 PCT/US93/04232 ~
21369 ~7 issued December 25, 1934 to Piggott, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

In one process for producing N-alkyl or N hydroxy-alkyl, N-deoxyglycityl fatty acid amides wherein the glycityl component is derived from glucose and the N-alkyl or N-hydroxyalkyl functionality is N-methyl, N-ethyl, N-propyl, N-butyl, N-hydroxyethyl, or N-hydroxypropyl, the product is made by reacting N-alkyl- or N-hydroxyalkyl-glucamine with a fatty ester selected from fatty methyl esters, fatty ethyl esters, and fatty triglycerides in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of trilithium phosphate, trisodium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, pentapotassium tripholyphosphate, lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, disodium tartrate, dipotassium tartrate, sodium potassium tartrate, trisodium citrate, tripotassium citrate, sodium basic silicates, potassium basic silicates, sodium basic aluminosilicates, ~ ~ .
and potassium basic aluminosilicates, and mixtures thereof. ~Y-The amount of catalyst is preferably from abaut 0.5 mole %
to about 50 mole %, more preferably from about 2.0 mole %
to about 10 mole %, on an N-alkyI or N-hydroxyalkyl-glucamine molar basis. The reaction is preferably carried out at from about 138C to about 170C for typically from about 20 to about 90 minutes. When triglycerides are utilized in the reaction mixture as the fatty ester source, the reaction is also preferably carried out using from about 1 to about 10 weight % of a phase transfer agent, calculated on a weight percent basis of total reaction 5 mixture, selected from saturated fatty alcohol poly-ethoxylates, alkylpolyglycosides, linear glycamide surfactant, and mixtures thereof.

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W093/2~0~ ~ 1 3 6 9 ~ 7` ` 1` 6 ', ~ ": PCT/US93104232 . ,-Preferably, this process is carried out as follows:
(a) preheating the fatty ester to about 138C to about 170C;
(b) adding the N-alkyl or N-hydroxyalkyl glucamine to the heated fatty acid ester and mixing to the extent needed to form a two-phase liquid/liquid mixture;
(c) mixing the catalyst into the reaction mixture;
and (d) stirring for the specified reaction time.

Also preferably, from about 2% to about 20% of preformed linear N-alkyl/N-hydroxyalkyl, N-linear glucosyl fatty acid amide product is added to the reaction mixture, by weight of the reactants, as the phase transfer agent if the fatty ester is a triglyceride. This seeds the reaction, thereby increasing reaction rate. A detailed experimental procedure is provided b~low in the Experimental.
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The polyhydroxy "fatty acid" amide materials used herein also offer the advantages to the detergent formulator that they can be prepared wholly or primarily from natural, renewable, non-petrochemical feedstocks and are degradable. They also exhibit low toxicity to aquatic life.

It should be recognized that along with the polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of Formula (I), the processes used to produce them will also typically produce quantities of nonvolatile by-product such as esteramides and cyclic polyhydroxy fatty acid amide. The level of these by-products will vary depending upon the particular reactants and process conditions. Preferably, the polyhydroxy fatty acid amide incorporated into the detergent compositions hereof will be provided in a form such that the polyhydroxy fatty acid amide-containing composition added to th~

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detergent contains less than about 10~, preferably less than about 4%, of cyclic polyhydroxy fatty acid amide. The preferred processes described above are advantageous in that they can yield rather low levels of by-products, including such cyclic amide by-product.

Anionic Surfactants One type of anionic surfactants which can be utilized herein encompasses alkyl benzene sulphonates. The alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactants hereof are well known in the art. These surfactants have Cg and higher alkyl groups, preferably the alkyl groups are Cg-Cl8 alkyl groups, more preferably linear, to provide the linear alkyl benzene sulfonate t"LAS") class of commercial surfactants. -~
Especially preferred are C10-C14 LAS surfactant. These surfactants càn be used in either the acid or s~luble salt form. Suitable salts include metal salts (e.g., sodium, potassium, and lithium) as well as substituted and unsubstituted ammonium salts (e.g., ethanolamines).

Another type of anionic surfactant useful for use herein are alkyl sulfate surfactants. They include water soluble salts or acids of the formula ROSO3M wherein R
preferably is a C10-C2~ hydrocarbyl, preferably branched, preferably an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl having a C10-C20 alkyl component, more preferably a C12-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, and M is a H or a cation, e.g., an alkali metal cation (e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium), substituted or unsubstituted ammonium cations such as methyl-, dimethyl-, and trimethyl ammonium cations and quaternary ammonium, e.g., tetramethyl-ammonium and dimethyl piperidinium, and cations derived from alkanolamines uch as ethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, and mixtures thereof, and - I
the like. Alkyl chains of C16_18 are preferred for higher wash temperatures (above about 50C) hereof.
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W093/24602 2 1 3 6 9 4 7; PCT/US93/0423~ ~

Other types of anionic surfactants useful for use herein include salts (including, for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts) of soap, C8-C22 primary or secondary alkanesulphonates, C8-C24 olefin-sulphonates, sulphonated polycarboxylic acids prepared bysulphonation of the pyrolyzed product of alkaline earth metal citrates, e.g., as described in British patent specification No. 1,082,179, alkyl glycerol sulfonates, fatty acyl glycerol sulfonates, fatty oleyl glycerol sulfates, alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfates, sulfonates, alkyl phosphates, isethionates such as the acyl isethionates, N-acyl taurates, fatty acid amides of methyl tauride, alkyl succinamates and sulfosuccinates, monoesters of sulfosuccinate (especially saturated and unsaturated Cl2-C18 monoesters), diesters of sulfosuccinates (especially C6-C14 diesters), N-acyl sarcosinates, sulfates of alkyl-polysaccharides such as the sulfates of .~ .
alkylpolyglucoside (the nonionic nonsulfated compounds being described below), alkyl alkoxylated sulfates, alkyl poly~ethoxy carboxylates such as those of the formula RO(CH~2CH2O)k-CH2COO-M+ wherein R is a C8-C22 alkyl, k is an integer from 0 to 10, and M is a soluble salt-forming cation, and fatty acids esterified with isethionic acid and neutralized with sodium hydroxide. Resin acids and ~ hydrogenated resin acids are also suitable, such as rosin, -~ hydrogenated rosin, and resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids present in or derived from tall oil. Further examples are described in " Surface Active Agents and Detergents" (Vol. I and II by Schwartz, Perry and Berch).
A variety of such surfactants are also generally disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,929,678, issued December 30, 1975 to Laughlin, et al, at Column 23, line 58 through Column 29, ~ line 23 (herein incorporated by reference).
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Preferred anionic surfactants for use herein are linear alkyl benzene sulfonates and alkyl sulfates, particularly linear alkyl benzenP sulfonates.

In said surfactant mixture, the weight ratio of said anionic surfactant to said polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic surfactant is in the range of from l0:l to l:l0, preferably from 3:l to l:3.

Other inqredients The compositions according to the present invention need no electrolyte to form the anisotropic phase.
Accordingly, the compositions herein are substantially free of electrolyte. By electrolyte, it is meant herein any material which has the sole function of building the anisotropic phase. It excludes other materials which may be regarded as electrolytes, but which provide detergency benefits, like citric acid, for instance.

As an optional but preferred ingredient, the compositions according to the present invention can include from 2% to 20% by weight of the total composition, preferably from 8% to 15% of fatty acids. Suitable fatty acids for use herein are fatty acids containing from l0 to 22 carbon atoms. The fatty acids can also comprise from l to l0 ethylene oxide units in the hydrocarbon chain.
Preferred are fatty acids containing from about 12 to 14 carbon atoms.

The compositions according to the present invention can also comprise additional surfactants which are well known to the man skilled in the art, other than the anionic and polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic surfactants described hereinbefore, including cationic and zwitterionic surfactants. The compositions according to the present SUBSTITOTE SHEET

W~93/2~02 PCT/US93/04232 ~-~ 136947 invention may also comprise other nonionic surfactants than the polyhydroxy fatty acid amides described hereinbefore, including ethoxylated alcohols.

The compositions according to the present invention may further comprise optional ingredients, depending on the use intended for said formulations. Such optional ingredients include builders such as polyphosphates and phosphonates, zeolites and polycarboxylates, including citrates and succinates. Further optionals include enzymes, including cellulases, proteases, lipases, amylases and peroxidases, as well as various enzyme stabilization systems. Yet further ingredients include soil release agents, anti-redeposition agents, chelating agents, suds suppressors and solvents.

The compositions according to the present invention are preferably formulated at a pH of from 6 to 9, preferably from 7 to 8.5.

Although not limited thereby, the compositions according to the present invention are particularly suitable for the purpose of suspending solid ingredients ,;
which are insoluble in the detergent matrix. Such solid ingredients include for instance bleach particles such as perborate or percarbonate salts, or builder particles such as zeolite and citric acid; or high molecular weight polymers. The compositions according to the present invention are also suitable for suspending liquids which are immiscible in the deter,gent matrix, for instance antifoam silicone oils, silicone/silica-based matrices and waxes.

SUBSTITlJTE SHEE~

W093/24602 2 1 3 6 9 4 7 PCT/US93/04232 `~;

Examples The following compositions are made by mixing the listed ingredients in the listed proportions (weight %).

#1 #2 #3 #4 linear alkyl benzene sulphonate 10 10 10 Natural Coconut Alkyl sulphate - - - 10 C12-C14 fatty acids 10 10 - 10 C12 N-methyl glucamide 6 6 10 15 1,2-propanediol 0.7 0.7 NaOH up to pH 8.4 8.4 8 7.8 zeolite - 10 DETMPA - - - 0.5 water & minors up to 100%
-: All four compositions above are structured liquid detergent - compositions.

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Claims (11)

Claims -13-
1. An aqueous liquid detergent composition comprising an anisotropic surfactant phase, comprising from 8% to 60%
by weight of the total composition of a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant, characterized in that the nonionic surfactant is a polyhydroxy fatty acid amide of the formula wherein R1 is H, a C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxy propyl, or a mixture thereof, R2 is C5-C31 hydrocarbyl and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof, and the weight ratio of said anionic surfactant to said polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic surfactant is in the range of from 10:1 to 1:10.
2. A composition according to claim 1 which comprises from 15% to 40% of said surfactant mixture.
3. A composition according to the preceding claims, wherein the weight ratio of said anionic surfactant to said polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic surfactant is in the range of from 3:1 to 1:3.
4. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein in the formula of said polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic surfactant, R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl, R2 is a C7-C19 straight chain alkyl or alkenyl, and Z is derived from a reducing sugar in a reductive amination reaction.
5. A composition according to claim 4, wherein R1 is methyl, R2 is a straight chain C11-C17 alkyl or alkenyl, and Z is a glycityl.
6. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims which comprises an ingredient in the form of solid particles suspended in said composition.
7. A composition according to any one of claims 1-5, which comprises an ingredient in the form of a liquid which is immiscible in said composition.
8. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims which is substantially free of electrolyte.
9. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the anionic surfactant is an alkyl benzene sulfonate or an alkyl sulfate.
10. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims which further comprises from 2% to 20% by weight of the total composition, preferably from 8% to 15% of fatty acids.
11. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims which has a pH of from 7 to 8.5.
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