IP Library Granted Patent US 7,854,947
Granted Patent B2
US 7,854,947 · App. 11/016,031 · Granted Dec 21, 2010

Personal care compositions comprising plant fiber

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Patent No.
US 7,854,947
App. No.
11/016,031
Granted
Dec 21, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Personal care compositions having plant fiber such as tapioca fiber, and methods of applying those formulations. The addition of fiber to personal care formulations can provide performance improvement such as cleansing, exfoliation, irritation reduction, suspending, foam enhancement, and rheological property modification.

Claims (14)

1. A personal care composition comprising:

a blend of starch and tapioca fiber, wherein tapioca fiber is present from about 2% to about 10%, said tapioca fiber comprising at least 10% by weight of a dietary fiber wherein said dietary fiber contains from about 33% to about 66% of insoluble fiber, wherein said starch is present from about 35% to about 70%; and

a cosmetic ingredient;

and wherein the personal care composition is a cleansing composition.

2. The cosmetic ingredient of claim 1 further comprising an aqueous solvent, non-aqueous solvent, pigment, surfactant, polymer, fragrance or combinations thereof.

3. The cleansing composition of claim 1

provides an increase in foaming and/or cleansing versus cleansing compositions without fiber.

4. The cleansing composition of claim 1 is selected from the group consisting of lotions, creams, mousse, body washes, bar soaps, and shampoos.

5. The cleansing composition of claim 1 wherein the personal care composition is an exfoliating cleansing composition.

6. The cleansing composition of claim 2 wherein the cosmetic ingredient is a polymer.

7. The cleansing composition of claim 6 wherein the polymer is a naturally derived polymer.

8. The cleansing composition of claim 2 wherein the cosmetic ingredient is a surfactant.

9. The cleansing Composition of claim 8 selected from the group consisting of a bar soap, bodywash and shampoo.

10. The cleansing composition of claim 9 a bar soap.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2009
From: NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION
To: AKZO NOBEL N.V.
Reel/Frame 022117/0694 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2005
From: CAO, HONGJIE; MARTINO, GARY T.; GOLAS, JOANNE
To: NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015655/0032 →