Non-liquid detergent composition

Claim 1

A solid detergent composition in the form of a powder, granules or tablets, consisting essentially of a mixture obtained by blending a. from 5 to 80 weight percent of organic surfactant substance having the formula ##STR6## wherein R is saturated or unsaturated straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon having 5 to 19 carbon atoms, with the proviso that more than 70 weight percent of R has from 10 to 14 carbon atoms, R' is hydrogen, CH 3 or C 2 H 5 , n is a number in the range of 1.7 to 6.5 on the average, M is a monovalent or divalent cation, and m is one or 2 depending on the valency of M, and b. from 5 to 95 weight percent of water-soluble organic or inorganic salt selected from the group consisting of sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, sodium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium borate, potassium carbonate, magnesium sulfate, sodium citrate, sodium tartrate, sodium malate, sodium succinate, sodium sulfosuccinate, sodium lactate, sodium glycolate, potassium citrate, potassium lactate, calcium citrate and calcium lactate, or mixtures thereof, with the proviso that one percent aqueous solutions of said salts have a pH of from 6 to 11, said composition additionally containing from 5 to 30 weight percent of anhydrous calcium chloride, said composition containing less than 0.8 mole of free water per mole of ester linkages in said organic surfactant substance.