POTASSIUM BAR SOAP COMPRISING COMPOSITIONS EXHIBITING IMPROVED ANTIMICROBIAL BENEFITS

摘要

Bar soap compositions and bar soaps formed therefrom which provide an effective antimicrobial benefit against gram positive and gram negative bacteria, which bar soap compositions comprise at least 85%wt. of an antimicrobial system which is a soap constituent of potassium soaps based on saponified fatty acids, wherein of the potassium soaps of saponified fatty acids present are potassium soaps of C12-C16 saturated fatty acids, and wherein at least about 50% of the amount of the potassium soaps of C12-C16 saturated fatty acids present are C12 saturated fatty acids potassium soaps, and wherein an aqueous elution of the antimicrobial system exhibits effective antimicrobial benefit against gram positive and gram negative bacteria even in the absence of further germicidal compounds.