KR960000200B1 - Liquid detergent composition - Google Patents

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Liquid detergent composition

The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition of the kind having a structure formed from a detergent active material, wherein the detergent active structure is present primarily as a separated phase dispersed in an aqueous phase. Usually the aqueous phase comprises a dissolved electrolyte. In particular, the present invention relates to liquid detergent active structured compositions containing significant amounts of nonionic detergent materials.

The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition "internally structured", wherein the structure is formed by the main detergent active ingredient.

Such structuring agents are already well known in the art and can give properties such as desirable flow properties and / or rich appearance to the consumer. In addition, many detergent active structured liquids may suspend particulate solids such as detergent builders and abrasive particles.

Different kinds of possible detergent active structuring agents are described in H. A. Barnes, “Deterg ents”, Ch. 2. in K. Walters (Ed) and [Rheometry: Industrial Applications, J. Wiley & Sons, Letchworth 1980]. In general, the degree of order of such systems increases with increasing surfactant and / or electrolyte concentration. At very low concentrations, the surfactant may be present as a molecular solution or as a solution of spherical micelles, all of which are isotropic. Further addition of surfactants and / or electrolytes can form a structured (anisotropic) system. These are each referred to as various terms such as rod-mi celle, planar lamellar structure, lamellar droplets and droplet phases. Often different technicians used different terms to actually refer to the same detergent active structure. For example, in the specification of European Patent Application No. 151 885, lamellar droplets were referred to as “spherulites”. The presence and identification of surfactant structurant systems in liquids can be determined according to methods known in the art, such as optical techniques, various flow measurements, X-ray diffraction or neutron diffraction, and sometimes to those skilled in the art of electron microscopy. have.

The electrolyte can only be dissolved in the aqueous continuous phase or can also be present as suspended solid particles. Solid material particles insoluble in the aqueous phase may be suspended in place of or in addition to any solid electrolyte particles.

Three common product shapes of this type are liquids for high performance fabric laundry and liquid abrasives and general purpose detergents. In the first class of liquids, the suspended solids contain substantially the same kind of suspended solids as the dissolved electrolyte and are present in an amount exceeding the solubility limit. The solids are present as conventional detergent builders, ie detergent builders that eliminate the effects of calcium ions making water hard in washing. In the second class, the suspended solids usually comprise particulate abrasives that are insoluble in the system. In this case, the electrolyte present to provide structuring of the active substance in the dispersed phase is generally different from the abrasive compound. In some cases, however, the abrasive may contain a partially soluble salt that dissolves when the product is diluted. In the third class, structures for thickening the product are generally used to provide the consumer's preferred flow properties, sometimes suspending the pigment particles.

Such compositions of the first class are described, for example, in the Applicant's European Patent Publication No. 38,101, while examples of those of the second class are described in the Applicant's European Patent No. 104,452. The third class is described, for example, in US Pat. No. 4,244,840.

In these liquids, it is believed that the dispersing detergent active structurant is generally composed of an onion-like arrangement containing concentral bilayers of detergent active molecules, with water (aqueous phase) between the concentric bilayers of detergent active molecules. Trapped. Sometimes, an arrangement of these detergent active materials has been referred to as lamella droplets. It is believed that the dense packing of these droplets allows the solid material to be suspended. Lamellar droplets are themselves subassemblies of lamellar structures that can themselves form in detergent active / aqueous electrolyte systems. In general, lamellar droplet systems are a preferred category of structure that may be present in detergent liquids.

The present invention relates to detergent active structured detergent compositions containing significant amounts of nonionic surfactants.

Formulation of detergent active structured detergent compositions containing high amounts of nonionic materials is shown in Examples 49-55 of British Patent No. 2 123 846 (Albright and Wilson). However, it is believed that the compositions presented in these examples are not satisfactory in that they are unstable.

Ethoxylated alcohols mixed with monoglyceryl ethers are described in US Pat. No. 4,206,070. In addition, ethoxylated alcohols mixed with polyol fatty acid esters are described in US Patent Application No. 0 256 354. Polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers mixed with fatty acid sucrose esters are also described in European Patent Application No. 0 047 404.

The inventors have found that stable detergent active structured detergent compositions containing significant amounts of nonionic detergent surfactants can be prepared, provided that certain mixtures of nonionic materials are used. Accordingly, the present invention provides a composition comprising: (a) a first nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 12.0 or more; (b) (i) C ₆ -C ₂₀ aliphatic alcohols; (ii) alkoxylated C ₈ -C ₂₄ fatty acids or fatty acid amides having from 1 to 3 C ₂ -C ₄ alkoxy groups; (iii) a nonionic compound of the general formula RO (C _n H _2n O) _x ) (CH ₂ CH (OH) CH ₂ O) _y H, wherein R is a C ₉ -C ₂₅ alkyl or alkenyl group, n Is 2 to 4, x is 1 to 3, y is 1 to 3, and the alkylene oxide and glycerol groups are randomly arranged or arranged in block form, preferably the molecule is terminated by one or more glycerol groups ]; (iv) a fatty acid ester having a reduced hexose or pentose sugar of the general formula R-COO-X-OR ¹ , wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group, R ¹ is a C ₁ -C ₄ alkyl group, and X is one Carbohydrate moieties comprising hexose or pentose units of; Or a second nonionic material selected from mixtures thereof; And (c) optionally anionic surfactant material up to 50% by weight of the total amount of components (a), (b) and (c).

Suitable as first nonionic materials having an HLB of 12 or more are especially the reaction products of compounds having hydrophobic groups with reactive hydrogen atoms, for example aliphatic alcohols, acids, amides or alkyl phenols and alkylene oxides, in particular ethylene oxide alone or propylene It includes the product reacted with the oxide. The number of alkylene oxide groups together with the chain length of the hydrophobic group is chosen to provide HLB greater than 12.0.

Examples of nonionic materials having an HLB of 12 or greater are shown in Table 1. In this table, nonionic materials having an HLB of 12.0 or greater are generally characterized by the presence of a relatively large number of alkoxy groups. For the purposes of the present invention, it is preferable to use a nonionic material having a high HLB value containing 5 to 15, more preferably 6 to 12 EO groups. The HLB of the first nonionic material is preferably 12.0 to 18.0, more preferably 12.0 to 16.0, particularly preferably 12.0 to 14.0.

TABLE 1

Secondary nonionic materials for use in the compositions according to the invention generally contain relatively long hydrophobic groups which are relatively free of hydrophobic groups or mixed with small amounts. For the purposes of the present invention, these nonionic materials include fatty alcohols, alkoxylated compounds containing 1 to 3 alkoxy groups, glycerol terminal nonionic compounds containing 0 to 3 alkoxy groups, fatty acid esters and short-chain polyols or reduced hex. Selected from source or pentose sugars.

Suitable fatty alcohols include C ₈ -C ₂₀ aliphatic alcohols such as primary or secondary, linear or branched chain alcohols. Preferably, linear primary alcohols are used. Preference is given to using C ₁₀ -C ₁₈ alcohols, in particular C ₁₂ -C ₁₅ alcohols, which alcohols have been shown to improve the cleaning performance of the detergent compositions according to the invention. Especially preferred is the use of dodecanol. It is also possible to use polyhydric alcohols, such as fatty alcohol diols, preferably dodecanediol. Suitable alkoxylated materials that can be used are reaction products of hydrophobic groups such as C ₈ -C ₂₄ fatty alcohols, fatty acid amides or fatty amines with ethylene oxide mixed with one to three alkylene oxide groups, especially propylene oxide. . It is preferable to use fatty alcohol adducts. The use of stearyl alcohol 3E0 is particularly advantageous.

Glycerol-terminated nonionic materials optionally react with epichlorohydrin or glycerol in an inert atmosphere using an acid or alkali catalyst after the use of C ₉ -C ₂₅ higher alcohols for addition reactions with alkylene oxides, in particular ethylene oxide. Can be prepared.

In the case of epichlorin, the altool is ethoxylated with 0 to 3 moles of ethylene oxide per molecule according to known methods. The product is subsequently reacted with 1 to 1.5 moles of epichlorohydrin in the presence of an acidic catalyst and the product is treated with potassium hydroxide to acetylate and hydrolyze.

Alternatively, as described previously, after the final ethoxylation of the alcohol, the ethoxylate is treated with 1 to 1.5 moles of glycidol under alkaline or acidic catalyst. After the reaction, the catalyst is neutralized, dehydrated under vacuum, and the resulting solid is filtered to obtain the desired nonionic material.

If an alkaline catalyst is used, it may be sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium or potassium metal or sodium methoxide and the reaction temperature is between 30 ° C and 90 ° C.

As the glycerol terminal nonionic substance, one having one or two alkoxy groups or one containing one glycerol group is preferable.

The fatty acid ester of the polyol is preferably mono or diglycerides of C _10-20 fatty acids. Fatty acid esters of reducing hexose sugars or pentose sugars are preferably described in WO 80/01480 (NOVO INDUSTRI) and have the following general formula.

(R-COO) _n X-OR ¹

Wherein R is C ₇ -C ₁₈ alkyl or alkenyl, R ¹ is hydrogen or C ₁ -C ₄ alkyl group, n is preferably 1, and X comprises one hexose or pentose unit Is a carbohydrate moiety.

It is also possible to use mixtures of the nonionic materials listed above.

The weight ratio of the first nonionic material to the second nonionic material is preferably 10: 1 to 1:10, more preferably 10: 1 to 1: 1, particularly preferably 8: 1 to 2: 1. , Most preferably 6: 1 to 3: 1.

The amount of the first nonionic material is preferably at least 1% by weight, more preferably at least 5% by weight, particularly preferably at least 10% by weight. Representative amounts are from 1 to 35% by weight, more preferably from 5 to 25% by weight, in particular from 10 to 15% by weight.

The amount of the second nonionic material is preferably 1% by weight or more, more preferably 2% by weight or more, particularly preferably 3% by weight or more. Representative amounts are from 1 to 35% by weight, more preferably from 2 to 10% by weight, in particular from 3 to 8% by weight.

The total amount of nonionic surfactant material in the composition is preferably at least 5% by weight, more preferably at least 7% by weight, typically 10 to 35% by weight, particularly preferably 10 to 25% by weight.

The inventors have found that it is advantageous to use mixtures of nonionic materials containing materials having substantially the same hydrophobic chain length. The ratio of the number of carbon atoms in the hydrophobic group of the first nonionic material to the number of carbon atoms in the hydrophobic group of the second nonionic material is preferably 1.5: 1 to 1: 1.5, more preferably 1.2: 1. To 1: 1.2.

The composition according to the invention may optionally contain small amounts of anionic materials. When included these materials are contained in an amount of up to 50% by weight, more preferably up to 40% by weight, particularly preferably up to 30% by weight, relative to the total amount of surfactant active material. Particularly preferred are combinations containing up to 10% of the active agent of the anionic surfactant, more preferably compositions which do not contain any anionic surfactant at all.

Suitable anionic surfactants are usually water soluble alkali metal salts of organic sulfates and sulfonates having about C ₈ -C ₂₂ alkyl radicals, where the term alkyl is used to include the alkyl portion of the higher acyl radicals. Examples of suitable synthetic anionic detergent compounds are sodium and potassium alkyl sulphates, especially those obtained by sulphating high (C ₈ -C ₁₈ ) alcohols, for example obtained from tallow or coconut oil, sodium and potassium alkyl (C ₉ -C ₂₀ ) benzene sulfonates, in particular sodium linear secondary alkyl (C ₁₀ -C ₁₅ ) benzene sulfonates; Sodium alkyl glyceryl ether sulfates, especially ethers of higher alcohols derived from tallow or coconut oil and synthetic alcohols derived from petroleum; Sodium coconut oil fatty acid monoglyceride sulfate and sulfonate; Sodium and potassium salts of sulfuric esters of higher (C ₈ -C ₁₈ ) fatty alcohol-alkylene oxides, in particular ethylene oxide reaction products; Reaction products of fatty acids such as esterified coconut fatty acid with isethionic acid and neutralized with sodium hydroxide; Sodium and potassium salts of fatty acid amides of methyltaurine; Alkanes monosulfonates such as those induced by reacting alpha-olefins (C ₈ -C ₂₀ ) with sodium bisulfate and paraffins reacted with SO ₂ and Cl ₂ and hydrolyzed with base to induce random sulfonates and Olefin sulfonates, which are terms used to describe the reaction products obtained by reacting olefins, in particular C ₁₀ -C ₂₀ alpha-olefins with SO ₃ , neutralizing and hydrolyzing. Preferred anionic detergent compounds are sodium (C ₁₁ -C ₁₅ ) alkyl benzene sulfonates and primary sodium or potassium (C ₁₆ -C ₁₈ ) alkylsulfates.

In addition, the compositions may be prepared from alkyl metal soaps of fatty acids, in particular acids of C ₁₂ -C ₁₈ , such as oleic acid, ricinoleic acid, and castor oil, rapeseed oil, peanut oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil or mixtures thereof. It is possible, and sometimes desirable, to include other anionic materials, such as soaps of derived fatty acids. Sodium or potassium soaps of these acids can be used.

In most (but not all), the total detergent active material is 2 to 60% by weight, for example 5 to 40% by weight of the total composition, and may typically be present in an amount of 10 to 30% by weight.

The pH of the liquid composition according to the invention is preferably at least 7.0 at 25 ° C., more preferably 7.5 to 12.0, ideally 8.5 to 11.0.

The composition according to the invention preferably has a physical stability with a phase separation of 2% or less upon storage at 25 ° C. for 21 days from the time of manufacture.

In addition, the viscosity of the composition according to the present invention is preferably 21 m ⁻¹ to 2500 mPas or less, more preferably 1500 mPas or less, particularly preferably 30 to 100 mPas.

One method of controlling the viscosity and stability of the composition according to the invention is to include a viscosity controlling polymeric material.

Preferred viscosity and / or stability controlling polymers for incorporation into the compositions according to the invention are deagglomerated polymers having one hydrophilic backbone and one or more hydrophobic side chains. Such polymers are described, for example, in the specification of European Patent Application No. 346 995 pending with the present application.

Deagglomerated polymers for use in the detergent formulations according to the invention may be of anionic, nonionic or cationic nature. Of these, nonionic deagglomerated polymers are preferred.

The hydrophilic backbone of the polymer is typically a homo-polymer, copolymer or terpolymer comprising carboxylic acid groups (or more preferably in the form of their salts), for example maleate. Or acrylate polymers or copolymers thereof or copolymers with other monomer units such as vinyl ether, styrene, and the like. The hydrophobic chain (s) are typically selected from saturated and unsaturated alkyl chains, for example those having from 5 to 25 carbons, and optionally poly having an alkoxylene or polyalkoxylene bond, for example from 1 to 50 alkoxylene groups To the backbone via ethoxy, polypropoxy or butyloxy (or mixtures thereof) linkages. Thus, in some forms, the side chain (s) are essentially nonionic surfactants. Preferred polymers are described in the specification of European Patent Application No. 346 995 pending with the present application.

It is preferable that the viscosity control polymer amount is 0.1 to 5 weight% of a total composition, More preferably, it is 0.2 to 2 weight%.

In many cases, it is desirable to include an electrolyte in which the aqueous continuous phase is dissolved. The term electrolyte, as used herein, means any ion-soluble material. However, in the lamellar droplet jetting liquid, not all electrolytes need always be dissolved and may be suspended as solid particles because the total electrolyte concentration of the liquid is greater than the solubility of the electrolyte. In addition, mixtures of electrolytes may also be used, which may be present in the aqueous phase in which at least one of the electrolytes is dissolved, and substantially only in the solid phase in which at least one of the electrolytes is suspended. In addition, two or more electrolytes may be distributed approximately proportionally between these two phases. In part, this may depend on the treatment process, for example the order of addition of the components. On the other hand, the term “salts” includes all organic and inorganic materials that may be included in addition to surfactants and water, whether they are ionic or not, and the term includes subassemblies of electrolytes (water soluble materials).

The only limitation on the total amount of detergent active material and electrolyte (if contained) is in the lamellar droplet compositions included in the present invention, which must form an aqueous lamellar dispersion. Therefore, within the scope of the present invention, the type and amount of the surfactant can be widely changed. The choice of the form of surfactant and these ratios to obtain a stable liquid having the desired structure can be made within the ability of those skilled in the art. However, it may be mentioned that an important class of useful compositions are those where detergent actives contain a mixture of different surfactant forms.

In the case of surfactant mixtures, the precise proportion of each component that can bring about such stability and viscosity will depend on the type and amount of electrolyte, as is the case with conventional detergent active structured liquids.

In addition, the composition optionally comprises an electrolyte in an amount sufficient to structure the detergent active material. Although the composition preferably contains 1 to 60% by weight salted electrolyte, particularly preferably 10 to 45% by weight. Salted electrolytes have the meaning described in the specification of European Patent Application No. 79646, which is all electrolytes having a lyotropic number of 9.5 or less. Optionally, any salt electrolyte (as defined in the latter specification) may be included if it is of a type and amount compatible with the other components, and the composition is still as defined in the claims of the present invention. Some or all of the electrolyte (whether salted or salted), or any substantial water-insoluble salt that may be contained, may have detergent builder properties. In some cases, it is preferred that the compositions according to the invention contain detergent builder materials, some or all of which may be electrolytes. The builder material may reduce the amount of free calcium ions in the wash liquor and will preferably provide compositions with other beneficial properties such as the generation of alkaline pH, suspension of contaminants removed from the fabric and dispersion of the fabric softened clay material. .

Examples of phosphorus-containing inorganic detergent builders, if contained, are water-soluble salts, in particular alkali metal pyrophosphates, orthophosphates, polyphosphates and phosphonates. Specific examples of inorganic phosphate builders are sodium and potassium tripolyphosphate, phosphate and hexametaphosphate. Phosphonate isolation builders can also be used.

Examples of phosphorus-free inorganic detergent builders, if included, are water-soluble alkali metal carbonates, bicarbonates, silicates, crystalline and amorphous aluminosilicates. Specific examples include sodium carbonate [with or without calculus seed], potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and potassium, silicates and zeolites.

In the inorganic builder, the present invention preferably includes an electrolyte that enhances the solubility of other electrolytes, and examples thereof include potassium salts that enhance the solubility of sodium salts. Therefore, the amount of dissolved electrolyte can be greatly increased (crystal dissolution) as described in the specification of British Patent 1 302 543.

When contained, examples of organic detergent builders are alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium polyacetates, carboxylates, polycarboxylates, polyacetyl carboxylates and polyhydroxysulfonates. Specific examples are the sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, CMOS, melic acid, benzene polycarboxylic acid and citric acid.

The amount of the soapless builder material is preferably 0 to 50% by weight of the composition, more preferably 2 to 40% by weight, most preferably 5 to 10% by weight.

For organic builders it is also desirable to incorporate polymers which are only partially dissolved in the aqueous continuous phase, as described in EP 30,882. This results in a secondary sensitivity, especially viscosity sensitivity (due to dissolved polymers) when combined in large quantities to achieve a building, which results in instability that results in virtually all insoluble parts. Because it does not.

In addition, in the compositions of the present invention, another polymer having an electrolyte resistance greater than 5 g sodium nitrilotriacetic acid in 100 ml of a 5% by weight aqueous solution of the polymer may be substantially completely dissolved in place of or in addition to the partially dissolved polymer. It may contain. In addition, the second polymer has a 20% aqueous solution vapor pressure, which is equal to or less than 2% by weight or more of a standard aqueous solution of polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 6000. The second polymer has a molecular weight of at least 1000. In general, the use of such polymers is described in Applicant's European Patent No. 301,883.

Blending of soluble polymers allows blends with lower viscosity at the same stability (compared to compositions without soluble polymer) and improved physical properties and the same stability. In addition, soluble polymers can reduce viscosity drift, even in the case of viscosity plasticity. Here, improved stability and lower viscosity mean more than the effects caused by the deacoustic polymer.

Particular preference is given to blending partially soluble polymers with very insoluble components in the soluble polymers. This is because their building capacity is good because the partially soluble polymers can be blended stably in relatively large amounts, but since they hardly dissolve, the viscosity reduction cannot be optimal. Thus, soluble polymers can serve a useful role in further reducing the viscosity to the ideal concentration. Soluble polymers may, for example, be formulated at 0.05 to 20%, typically 0.1 to 2.5%, in particular 0.2 to 1.5% by weight of the total composition. Often, these levels can cause instability.

Although small amounts of hydrotrope can be incorporated in addition to the water miscible solvent, it is preferred that the composition of the present invention is substantially free of hydrotropes. Hydrotropes refer to any water-soluble agent intended to increase the solubility of the surfactant in aqueous solution.

In contrast to the components already mentioned, a number of optional components may also be contained, for example alkanolamides, especially foam boosters such as monoethanolamides derived from palm kernel fatty acids and coconut fatty acids, clays, Textile softeners, such as amines and amine oxides, antifoams, inorganic salts such as sodium sulfate, and traces of fluorescent agents, fragrances, proteases, amylases and enzymes such as rapase (including lipases from Novosa), fungicides And colorants.

Among the components as mentioned above, any component is a reagent that makes the stability very sensitive to lamellar dispersions without agglomerative polymers, and can be mixed in large amounts, very useful amounts by the present invention. Problems arise because these reagents tend to promote aggregation of lamellar droplets. Examples of such reagents include metal chelating agents, specialty phosphates such as Deguest sold by Monsanto, as well as Blancophor RKH, Tinopal LMS, and Tinopal DMS-. X and Blancofo are fluorescent agents such as BBM.

The composition according to the invention can be prepared by methods known in the art. Particularly preferred methods for preparing the composition include forming a non-aqueous premix containing at least two nonionic materials and then dispersing the premix in water during the formation. This method is particularly advantageous in that the difficulty of dissolving the water-insoluble second nonionic material can be avoided.

The invention is illustrated by the following examples. In all examples, all percentages are by weight unless otherwise noted.

After premixing the active materials, the following compositions were prepared by dispersing the mixture in water containing the electrolyte.

The following stable composition was obtained.

TABLE 2

Example 4

The following compositions were prepared by the method described in Example 1.

TABLE 3

The composition was stable upon storage and no phase separation occurred. The pH of the composition was 7.2.

Example 5

The following composition was prepared in the same manner as in the above example.

TABLE 4

(a) A deagglomerated polymer that is a copolymer of acrylic acid to laurylmethacrylic acid 25: 1, with a molecular weight of 3,000 to 4,000.

Example 6

The following composition was prepared in the same manner as in the above example.

TABLE 5

The composition had acceptable stability and pH 9.3.

Example 7

The following composition was prepared by heating water to 50 ° C. and adding the ingredients in the order listed under stirring, where glucoside, borax and glycerol were added by mixing / stirring for 2 minutes between each addition. STP was added little by little over 10 minutes with stirring and further stirred for 10 minutes, followed by the addition of synperonic A7.

TABLE 6

¹⁾ Novo's ethyl 6-o-dodecanoyl glucoside

Example 8

The following composition was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1.

TABLE 7

¹⁾ Novo's ethyl 6-o-dodecanoyl glucoside

Example 9

The following composition was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1.

TABLE 8

^{1) A} deagglomerated polymer that is a copolymer of acrylic acid to laurylmethacrylic acid 25: 1, with a molecular weight of 3,000 to 4,000.

Example 10-12

In the same manner as in Example 1, the following formulation was prepared.

TABLE 9

¹⁾ Ethyl 6-o-dodecanoyl glucoside from Novo.

Claims (9)

(a) a first nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 12.0 to 18.0, and (b) (i) a C ₆ -C ₂₀ aliphatic alcohol; (ii) alkoxylated C ₈ -C ₂₄ fatty acids or fatty acid amides comprising 1 to 3 C ₂ -C ₄ alkoxy groups; (iii) a nonionic compound of the general formula RO (C _n H _2n O) x (CH ₂ CH (OH) CH ₂ O) _y H, wherein R is a C ₉ -C ₂₅ alkyl or alkenyl group, n is 2 To 4, x is 1 to 3, y is 1 to 3, and the alkylene oxide and glycerol groups are randomly or arranged in a block form); (iv) fatty acid esters having a reduced hexose sugar or a pentose sugar of the general formula R-COO-X-OR ¹ , wherein R is a C ₇ -C ₁₈ alkyl or alkenyl group, and R ¹ is C ₁ -C ₄ An alkyl group, X is a carbohydrate moiety comprising one hexose or pentose unit; Or a second nonionic material selected from mixtures thereof. The composition of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the first nonionic material to the second nonionic material is from 10: 1 to 1:10. The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of the first nonionic material is from 5 to 35% by weight. The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of second nonionic material is from 5 to 35% by weight. The composition of claim 1 wherein the ratio of the number of carbon atoms in the hydrophobic group of the first nonionic material to the number of carbon atoms in the hydrophobic group of the second nonionic material is 1.5: 1 to 1: 1.5. The method of claim 1, wherein the anionic surfactant material further comprises up to 50% by weight based on the total amount of the first nonionic surfactant, the second nonionic surfactant and the anionic surfactant material. Composition. The composition of claim 1, wherein the phase separation occurs at 2 vol% or less when stored at 25 ° C. for 21 days from the time of manufacture. The composition of claim 1 comprising a deagglomerated polymer having a hydrophilic backbone and at least one hydrophobic side chain. 9. A composition according to claim 8 comprising from 0.2 to 2.0% by weight of deagglomerating polymer.