摘要 |
The present invention provides a shear thinning, transparent gel laundry detergent composition, comprising a surfactant system containing surfactant material selected from an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant or a mixture thereof, and from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a clarity improving agent being a glycol dialkyl ether selected from a mono-or polyethylene glycol dialkyl ether having the formula <?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?>(C<SUB>p</SUB>H<SUB>2p+1</SUB>)O-(CH<SUB>2</SUB>CH<SUB>2</SUB>O)<SUB>n</SUB>-(C<SUB>q</SUB>H<SUB>2q+1</SUB>), (I)<?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?> a mono- or polypropylene glycol dialkyl ether having the formula <?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?>(C<SUB>p</SUB>H<SUB>2p+1</SUB>)O-(CH<SUB>2</SUB>CH (CH<SUB>3</SUB>)O)<SUB>n</SUB>-(C<SUB>q</SUB>H<SUB>2q+1</SUB>), (II)<?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?> and mixtures thereof, wherein p and q independently are integers in the range of from 1 to 5, and n is an integer in the range of from 1 to 50, preferably 1 to 10. It has been found that this gel laundry composition is highly transparent, such that particles can be suspended therein for improving visual appearance. |