PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SPRAY DRIED DETERGENT PARTICLE

The present invention relates to a process for preparing of a particulate, free flowing detergent particle by a slurry making and spray drying technique. It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for preparing a detergent solution which upon spray-drying provides a spray-dried particle having lower reserve alkalinity and which is less harsh on hands and provides good fabric care performance. The present inventors have found a way to provide a free-flowing spray-dried detergent particle which is gentle on hand, gives good fabric care performance, good fabric cleaning performance and which also retains good powder properties by providing a process of preparing a detergent solution which yields lower reserve alkalinity in the spray-dried particle and has a pH preferably from 10.5 to 11.5 and preferably without impacting the current level of alkaline builders such as sodium carbonate and sodium silicate in the composition.