FLUIDIZED SLURRY OF WATER SOLUBLE AND OR WATER-SWELLABLE POLYMER AND MIXTURE THEREOF (FPS) FOR USE IN DENTIFRICE AND HOUSEHOLD APPLICATIONS

An oral care or household cleaner system contains a fluid polymer suspension (FPS) thickening agent. The FPS thickening agents comprises a water soluble/water swellable polymer, a polyol, and a hydrated thickening silica. The water soluble/water swellable polymer is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid polymer, salts of acrylic acid polymer, acrylate, acrylamide polymer, polyvinyl pyrolidene, polyvinyl alcohol, clay and polysaccharide, excluding CMC. The functional systems may be formulations of oral care, for example as a dentifrice or as a household cleaner. A method of preparing the oral care or household cleaner system is also provided by adding a sufficient amount of a FPS that is compatible with the functional system to the system to thicken the functional system.