US 200602932O2A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2006/0293202 A1 Cate et al. (43) Pub. Date: Dec. 28, 2006

(54) LOW RESIDUE CLEANERS FOR FOOD Publication Classification CONTACT SURFACES (51) Int. Cl. (76) Inventors: Sumi Cate, Oakland, CA (US); Aram CLID 3/20 (2006.01) Garabedian, Fremont, CA (US); Lily (52) U.S. Cl...... S10/235 Cheng, Pleasanton, CA (US); David L. Deleeuw, San Ramon, CA (US) (57) ABSTRACT A cleaning composition with a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid Correspondence Address: and a food safe nonionic Surfactant gives good antimicrobial THE CLOROX COMPANY performance with improved filming and streaking perfor P.O. BOX 24305 mance combined with low residue and high grease cleaning OAKLAND, CA 94.623-1305 (US) capability for use on and around food contact surfaces. The composition may contain an anionic Surfactant to provide (21) Appl. No.: 11/424,667 improved wetting performances, and may optionally contain a solvent, additional Surfactants, and other adjuncts. The (22) Filed: Jun. 16, 2006 food safe nonionic surfactant is preferably food safe or of low toxicological concern for use on animal, human and Related U.S. Application Data food contact surfaces. The composition can be used directly, diluted for use or impregnated and used on a wipe or other (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/168,106, Substrate, and require no rinsing or removal from the Surface filed on Jun. 28, 2005. following application and cleaning. US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

LOW RESIDUE CLEANERS FOR FOOD CONTACT palmitic, Stearic, oleic, linoleic and mixtures thereof, SURFACES polyalkylene oxide derivatives of sorbitan, polyalky lene oxide sorbitol aliphatic esters, polyalkylene oxide CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED derivatives of Sucrose, polyalkylene oxide Sucrose APPLICATIONS esters, and combinations thereof; 0001. The present application is a continuation-in-part of 0010) c. 0.1 to 5% by weight of a solvent; and Co-pending application Ser. No. 1 1/168,106, filed Jun. 28, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference. 0011 d. 0 to 0.25% by weight of an additional surfac tant selected from the group consisting of anionic, BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION cationic, ampholytic, amphoteric and Zwitterionic Sur 0002) 1. Field of the Invention factants, and combinations thereof; 0003. The present invention relates generally to cleaning wherein the ratio of said additional surfactant to said food compositions for use on hard Surfaces. The invention also safe nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5. relates to cleaning compositions for use with cleaning Sub 0012. In accordance with the above objects and those that Strates, cleaning heads, cleaning pads, cleaning sponges and will be mentioned and will become apparent below, one related systems for cleaning hard Surfaces. The composition aspect of the present invention comprises a cleaning com also relates to acidic cleaning compositions with low resi position for use on food contact Surfaces comprising: due. The invention also relates to cleaning compositions Suitable for use on food contact services and on Surfaces in 0013 a. 1 to 5% byy We1gweight lactic acid; and around food preparation areas such as countertops, 0014) b. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of a food safe nonionic kitchen tables, stoves and the like. Surfactant; 0004 2. Description of the Related Art 0015 c. up to 5% by weight of a solvent; and 0005 U.S. Pat. No. 6,699,825 to Rees et al. discloses low residue antimicrobial cleaners with low concentrations of 0016 d. 0.01 to 0.25% by weight of an additional organic acid, glycols, and solvents with less than 10% water Surfactant comprising a food grade anionic Surfactant solubility. U.S. Pat. No. 6,812, 196 to Rees et al. discloses Selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl antimicrobial cleaners with solvents of low volatility. PCT Sulfate, Sodium dodecyl Sulfate, linear alkyl Sulfonate, Pat. App. WO2004/018599 to McCue et al. discloses anti linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, and mixtures thereof; microbial cleaners with mixtures of anionic and nonionic wherein the ratio of said additional surfactant to said food Surfactants. safe nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5. 0006 Prior art compositions do not combine disinfection 0017. In accordance with the above objects and those that and low residue, and particularly low filming and streaking will be mentioned and will become apparent below, one on Surfaces, especially with food safe ingredients. It is aspect of the present invention comprises a cleaning Sub therefore an object of the present invention to provide a strate impregnated with a cleaning composition comprising: cleaning composition that overcomes the disadvantages and shortcomings associated with prior art cleaning composi 0018 a. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid: tions. 0.019 b. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of a food safe nonionic SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Surfactant; 0007. In accordance with the above objects and those that 0020 c. up to 5% by weight of a solvent; and will be mentioned and will become apparent below, one 0021 d. 0.01 to 0.25% by weight of an additional aspect of the present invention comprises a cleaning com Surfactant selected from the group consisting of position comprising: anionic, cationic, ampholytic, amphoteric and Zwitte 0008 a. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid: rionic Surfactants, and combinations thereof. wherein the ratio of said additional surfactant to said food 0009 b. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of a food safe nonionic safe nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5. Surfactant selected from the group consisting of non ionic polyoxyalkylene condensates derivatized with 0022. In accordance with the above objects and those that fatty alkyl ethers, nonionic block copolymers derived will be mentioned and will become apparent below, one from polyethylene and polypropylene derivatized with aspect of the present invention comprises a method of glycol radicals, nonionic tetrafunctional block copoly treating a food contact Surface to remove residues and render mers terminating in primary hydroxyl groups, poloX the surface suitable for contact with ingestible food items amines, nonionic copolymers of ethylene oxide and comprising: propylene oxide block copolymers with terminal sec ondary hydroxyl groups, nonionic difunctional block 0023 a. applying to said food contact surface by means copolymers of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene of spraying or wiping a food safe cleaning composition with terminal primary hydroxyl groups, nonionic comprising: difunctional block copolymers of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene with terminal secondary hydroxyl 0024 i. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid; groups, nonionic polymer condensates of polyethylene 0.025 ii. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight food safe nonionic glycol and fatty acids selected from lauric, myristic, Surfactant; US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

0026 iii. 0 to 0.25% of an additional surfactant complete elimination or destruction of all forms of microbial Selected from the group consisting of anionic, cationic, life and which is authorized under the applicable regulatory ampholytic, amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactants, laws to make legal claims as a “Sterilant’ or to have and combinations thereof, and sterilizing properties or qualities. 0027) iv. up to 5% by weight of a solvent; 0037. In the application, effective amounts are generally those amounts listed as the ranges or levels of ingredients in wherein the ratio of additional surfactant to food safe the descriptions, which follow hereto. Unless otherwise nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5; stated, amounts listed in percentage ("%s") are in weight 0028 b. wiping said composition uniformly across said percent (based on 100% active) of the cleaning composition Surface to expose Surface to said cleaning composition; alone, not accounting for the Substrate weight. Each of the noted cleaner composition components and Substrates is 0029 c. leaving said composition in contact with surface discussed in detail below. for at least 30 seconds; and 0030) d. removing excess cleaning composition from 0038. As used herein, the term “substrate' is intended to Surface by additional wiping or allowing the Surface to include any material that is used to clean an article or a dry. Surface. Examples of cleaning Substrates include, but are not limited to nonwovens, sponges, films and similar materials 0031 Further features and advantages of the present which can be attached to a cleaning implement, such as a invention will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in floor mop, handle, or a hand held cleaning tool. Such as a the art in view of the detailed description of preferred toilet cleaning device. embodiments below, when considered together with the 0039. As used herein, “film” refers to a polymer film attached claims. including flat nonporous films, and porous films such as DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE microporous, nanoporous, closed or open celled, breathable INVENTION films, or aperatured films. 0032. Before describing the present invention in detail, it 0040. As used herein, “wiping refers to any shearing is to be understood that this invention is not limited to action that the Substrate undergoes while in contact with a particularly exemplified systems or process parameters that target Surface. This includes hand or body motion, Substrate may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the implement motion over a surface, or any perturbation of the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing Substrate via energy sources such as ultrasound, mechanical particular embodiments of the invention only, and is not vibration, electromagnetism, and so forth. intended to limit the scope of the invention in any manner. 0041 As used herein, the term “fiber” includes both 0033 All publications, patents and patent applications staple fibers, i. e., fibers which have a defined length cited herein, whether supra or infra, are hereby incorporated between about 2 and about 20 mm, fibers longer than staple by reference in their entirety to the same extent as if each fiber but are not continuous, and continuous fibers, which individual publication, patent or patent application was are sometimes called “continuous filaments’ or simply “fila specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by ments'. The method in which the fiber is prepared will reference. determine if the fiber is a staple fiber or a continuous filament. 0034. It must be noted that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms 'a'an' and 0042. As used herein, the terms “nonwoven' or “non “the include plural referents unless the content clearly woven web' means a web having a structure of individual dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to a “sur fibers or threads which are interlaid, but not in an identifiable factant includes two or more Such surfactants. manner as in a knitted web. Nonwoven webs have been formed from many processes, such as, for example, melt 0035. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scien blowing processes, spun bonding processes, and bonded tific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly carded web processes. understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains. Although a number of methods and 0043. As used herein, the term “polymer generally materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can includes, but is not limited to, homopolymers, copolymers, be used in the practice of the present invention, the preferred Such as for example, block, graft, random and alternating materials and methods are described herein. copolymers, terpolymers, etc. and blends, modifications, addition products, condensates and derivatives thereof. Fur 0036) The cleaning composition can be used as a disin thermore, unless otherwise specifically limited, the term fectant, sanitizer, and/or sterilizer. As used herein, the term "polymer shall include all possible geometrical configura “disinfect” shall mean the elimination of many or all patho tions of the molecule. These configurations include, but are genic microorganisms on Surfaces with the exception of not limited to isotactic, syndiotactic and random symme bacterial endospores. As used herein, the term “sanitize” tries. shall mean the reduction of contaminants in the inanimate environment to levels considered safe according to public 0044) The term “sponge', as used herein, is meant to health ordinance, or that reduces the bacterial population by mean an elastic, porous material, including, but not limited significant numbers where public health requirements have to, compressed sponges, cellulosic sponges, reconstituted not been established. An at least 99% reduction in bacterial cellulosic sponges, cellulosic materials, foams from high population within a 24 hour time period is deemed “signifi internal phase emulsions, such as those disclosed in U.S. cant.” As used herein, the term “sterilize' shall mean the Pat. No. 6.525,106, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

alcohol, polyurethane, polyether, and polyester sponges, group of the surfactant. Such derivatives include radicals or foams and nonwoven materials, and mixtures thereof. reaction products being polymers such as ethoxylates, pro poxylates, polyglucosides, polyglycerins, polylactates, 0045. The term “cleaning composition, as used herein, is polyglycolates, polysorbates, and others that would be meant to mean and include a cleaning formulation having at apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Such derivatives least one Surfactant. may also be mixed polymers of the above, commonly 0046) The term “surfactant”, as used herein, is meant to designated as copolymer, Such as ethoxylate/propoxylate mean and include a Substance or compound that reduces species, where the total HLB is preferably greater than or Surface tension when dissolved in water or water Solutions, equal to 3. Polymers include copolymers formed either by or that reduces interfacial tension between two liquids, or linear, random or block copolymerization prior to further between a liquid and a solid. The term “surfactant” thus derivatization as is common in the art. includes anionic, nonionic and/or amphoteric agents. 0051 Suitable for use in the present invention are food 0047. Where appropriate for proper chemical identifica safe nonionic Surfactants selected from polyoxyalkylene tion as to Substitution position and/or isomer configuration, condensates derivatized with fatty alkyl ethers including Greek characters, including alphabeta gamma), delta those commonly designated under the trade name “BRIJ”, and so forth, are designated as terms between square brack and available from ICI Surfactants. Examples include Brij(R) ets and have the meaning associated according to convention 30-polyoxyethylene (4) lauryl ether, BrijR 35-polyoxyeth in the art as recognized by the IUPAC (International Union ylene (23) lauryl ether, also known as an ethoxylated lauryl of Pure & Applied Chemistry) rules of chemical identifica alcohol or lauryl polyethylene glycol ether, Brij(R) 52-poly tion. oxyethylene (2) cetyl ether, BrijR 58-polyoxyethylene (20) cetyl ether, BrijR 76-polyoxyethylene (10) stearyl ether, 2-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids BrijR 78-polyoxyethylene (20) stearyl ether, BrijR. 93-poly 0.048 One aspect of the invention is a 2-hydroxycarboxy oxyethylene (2) oleyl ether, BrijR 97-polyoxyethylene (10) lic acid. Examples of 2-hydroxycarboxylic acids are given in oleyl ether, and BrijR 98-polyoxyethylene (20) oleyl ether. Table I. 2-Hydroxycarboxylic acids also include polymeric Other commercially available materials suitable for use forms of 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid. Such as polylactic acid. include alkyl C-18 Steareth-10 available as Volpo S-10 from Suitable compositions comprise 2-hydroxycarboxylic acids Croda Chemicals Ltd, and alkyl C-18 Steareth-16 available in concentrations of 1 to 50% by weight, or 1 to 20% by as Solulan-16 from Amerchol Corp. weight, or 1 to 10% by weight. 0052 Also suitable for use in the present invention are 0049. One suitable 2-hydroxyacid for use in composi food safe nonionic Surfactants based on block copolymers tions of the present invention is 2-hydroxy propionic acid, derived from polyethylene and polypropylene derivatized known as lactic acid. Without being bound by theory, it is with glycol radical functionality sold under the “Pluronic R” believed that the low melting point (MP) of the organic acids trade name available from BASF. Examples include, but are enables use for cleaning and disinfecting Surfaces combined not limited to Pluronic R. L44 (also known as Poloxamer with the beneficial property of leaving little or no visible 124), Pluronic R. L61 (Poloxamer 181), Pluronic(R) L64 residues on Surfaces, particularly high gloss and reflective (Poloxamer 184), Pluronic(R) F68 (Poloxamer 188), Plu Surfaces where residues from cleaning compositions are ronic(R) F68 (Poloxamer 188), Pluronic(R) F87 (Poloxamer otherwise particularly visually noticeable by eye. Lactic 237), Pluronic R. L101 (Poloxamer 331), Pluroni R. L.108 acid, having the lowest MP of the preferred 2-hydroxyacids (Poloxamer 338), and Pluronic R. F127 (Poloxamer 407). is particularly advantageous for providing disinfectancy and 0053 Also suitable for use in the present invention are leaving little or no visible residue when combined with food food safe nonionic Surfactants based on tetrafunctional block safe nonionic Surfactants for improved cleaning character copolymers terminating in primary hydroxyl groups, such as istics. poloxamines, being copolymers of ethylene oxide and pro pylene oxide block copolymers. Preferred are those having TABLE I an HLB of at least about 3, so as to have partial water 2-Hydroxyacids MP o C. solubility to complete water miscibility. Examples includes those materials commercially available under the trade name Tartaric acid 2,3-dihydroxy Succinic acid 170 Citric acid 2-hydroxy propanetricarboxylic acid 153 “Tetronic' from the BASF Corporation, such as Malic acid 2-hydroxy Succinic acid 128 TETRONIC(R) 1107, TETRONIC(R) 1301, TETRONIC(R) Mandelic acid 2-hydroxy phenylacetic acid 117 1304, TETRONIC(R) 1307, TETRONICR 304, Glycolic acid 2-hydroxyacetic acid 78 TETRONICR 701, TETRONICR 901 and TETRONIC(R) Lactic acid 2-hydroxy propionic acid 18 908. 0054. In addition, food safe nonionic surfactants based on Food Safe Nonionic Surfactant copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block copolymers with terminal secondary hydroxyl groups. Com 0050. The food safe nonionic surfactant useful in the mercial examples include those available from BASF, des present invention may include those formed from a fatty ignated as TETRONICR 90R4 and TETRONIC(R) 150R1, alcohol, a fatty acid, a glyceride, a saccharide, an alkyl ether may be employed. or derivative thereof having a C6 to C24 carbon chain, derivatized with a polymeric radical to yield a Hydrophilic 0055 Also suitable for use in the present invention are Lipophilic Balance (HLB) of at least 3. HLB is understood food safe nonionic Surfactant difunctional block copolymers to mean the balance between the size and strength of the of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene with terminal hydrophilic group and the size and strength of the lipophilic secondary hydroxyl groups, including but not limited to US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

those commercial materials available from BASF Corpora Other examples of food safe nonionic Surfactants are given tion sold under the trade name Pluronic.R.R. 10R5, Plu in Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) lists, as described ronic R(R) 17R2, Pluronic(R)(R) 17R4, Pluronic(RCR 25R2, Plu below. ronic.R.R. 25R4, and Pluronic R(R) 31R1. 0060 Suitable food safe nonionic surfactants include 0056 Further suitable are the food safe nonionic surfac those listed in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part tant difunctional block copolymers of polyoxyethylene and 180.940 (40 C.F.R. 180.940), which is hereby incorporated polyoxypropylene with terminal primary hydroxyl groups, by reference. Examples include, but are not limited to including but not limited to those commercial materials alpha-alkyl (C10-C14)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethyl available from BASF Corporation sold under the trade name ene)-poly(oxypropylene) having an average molecular “PLURONIC” and represented by “L,”“F”, and “P” series weight (in average molecular weight units of AMU) of 768 identifiers. Examples include Pluronic(R) F108, Pluronic(R) to 837, alpha-alkyl (C12-C18)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy F127, Pluronic R. F38, Pluronic R. F77, Pluronic R. F87, Plu ethylene)-poly(oxypropylene) 950 to 1120, alpha)-(p-Non ronic R. F88, Pluronic R. F98, Pluronic R. L10, Pluronic(R) ylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene) with average L101, Pluronic(R) L121, Pluronic.R. L31, Pluronic.R. L35, poly(oxyethylene) content of 11 moles, alpha-Lauroyl Pluronic(R) L43, Pluronic.R. L44, Pluronic R. L61, Pluronic(R) omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene) with an average of 8-9 L62, Pluronic R. L64, Pluronic.R. L81, Pluronic.R. L92, Plu moles of ethylene oxide and average molecular weight (in ronic R. P103, Pluronic(R) P104, Pluronic(R) P105, PluronicOR) AMU) of 400, alpha-alkyl (C11-C15)-omega-hydroxy P123, Pluronic R. P65, Pluronic(R) P84, and Pluronic R. P85. poly(oxyethylene) with ethylene oxide content 9 to 13 0057 Also suitable are food safe nonionic polymer con moles, alpha-alkyl (C12-C15)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy densates of polyethylene glycol and fatty acids, including ethylene)-polyoxypropylene with average molecular weight Such fatty acids as lauric, myristic, palmitic, Stearic, oleic, (in AMU) of 965, alkyl(C12-C15) monoether of mixed linoleic, and other well known similar saturated, unsaturated (ethylene-propylene)polyalkylene glycol with a cloud point (being either cis or trans isomers), as well as branched of 70-77°C. in 1% aqueous solution and average molecular and/or unbranched fatty acids. Examples, include but are not weight (in AMU) of 807, alpha)-(p-Nonylphenyl)-omega limited to those materials approved for indirect food contact hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene) with a maximum average use. Such as polyethylene glycol (400) monolaurate, poly molecular weight (in AMU) of 748, alpha-(p-Nonylphe ethylene glycol (600) monolaurate, polyethylene glycol nyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene) produced by the (400) monooleate, polyethylene glycol (600) monooleate, condensation of 1 mole para-nonylphenol with 9 to 12 moles polyethylene glycol (400) monostearate and polyethylene ethylene oxide, alpha)-(p-Nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxy poly(oxyethylene) with 9 to 13 moles ethylene oxide, Poly glycol (600) monostearate. (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)-alpha-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbu Polysaccharide-polyalkylene Nonionic Surfactants tyl)phenyl-omega-hydroxy-produced with one mole of the phenol and 4 to 14 moles ethylene oxide, and combina 0.058 Also suitable for use in the present invention are tions thereof. Other listed food-safe materials may option polyalkylene oxide derivatives of a sorbitan or sorbitol ally be included in embodiments of the current invention as aliphatic ester, where either sorbitol or sorbitan are deriva additional adjuncts. tized with an alkylene oxide such as ethylene oxide or propylene oxide to produce nonionic Surfactants. Suitable 0061 Also preferred for use on food contact surfaces and nonionics are those typically characterized by the presence Surfaces coming into direct human contact include those of from 1 to 3 moles of a fatty acid, in ester form, per mole selected nonionic polysorbate Surfactant materials that are of Surfactant and greater than about 5 moles of alkylene approved for direct use in food intended for human con oxide, preferably 10 or more for good solubility. The com Sumption under specified conditions and levels of use. position of the resulting nonionic Surfactant is a mixture of Examples include alkoxylated sorbitan or sorbitol aliphatic a large number of compounds characterized by the molar esters employing ethylene oxide condensates with Sorbitan proportion of alkylene oxide and the molar proportion of or sorbitol fatty acid esters. Also suitable are the alkoxylated fatty acid residues on the sorbitol or sorbitan molecules. Sorbitan or Sorbitol fatty acid esters include mono-, di- and Examples of particularly Suitable food safe nonionic Surfac tri-esters and mixtures thereof. Sorbitan fatty acid esters may tants are Polysorbate 20R, also known as Tween 20R be derivatized by esterification of sorbitol or sorbitan with (Available from ICI), typically considered to be a mixture of Such fatty acids as lauric, myristic, palmitic, Stearic, oleic, laurate esters of Sorbitol and Sorbitan consisting predomi linoleic, and other well known similar Saturated, unsaturated nantly of the mono fatty acid ester condensed with approxi (being either cis or trans isomers), as well as branched mately 20 moles of ethylene oxide. Also suitable is Polysor and/or unbranched fatty acids. For use on food contact bate 60R, a mixture of stearate esters of sorbitol and sorbitan surfaces, those materials that employ GRAS fatty acids consisting predominantly of the mono fatty acid ester con include the sorbitan esters approved as direct food additives, densed with approximately 20 moles of ethylene oxide, Such as for example Sorbitan monostearate, polyoxyethylene Tween 80R) (also a available from ICI), which is a mixture (20) sorbitan monolaurate, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan of oleate esters of Sorbitol and Sorbitan consisting predomi monostearate, polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan monooleate, nantly of the mono fatty acid ester condensed with approxi and mixtures thereof. mately 20 moles of ethylene oxide. 0062 Most preferred for use in compositions of the 0059) Other suitable examples of food safe nonionic present invention are those food safe nonionic Surfactants Surfactants are Sucrose esters, such as Sucrose cocoate avail specifically listed as GRAS according to any one of Title 21 able from Croda, and Sorbitan esters, such as polyoxyeth Code of Federal Regulations (21 C.F.R.), Parts 172 to 582, ylene(20) sorbitan monooleate available from Uniquema. specifically those listed in 21 C.F.R. 172, 21 C.F.R. 178, 21 US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

C.F.R. 181, 21 C.F.R. 186, and 21 C.F.R. 582, which are Sulfonates, alkyl ester Sulfonates, C6-C22 primary or sec hereby incorporated by reference. ondary alkane sulfonates, C6-C24 olefin sulfonates, sul fonated polycarboxylic acids, alkyl glycerol Sulfonates, fatty Additional Surfactants acylglycerol Sulfonates, fatty oleyl glycerol Sulfonates, and 0063. The cleaning composition may contain one or more any mixtures thereof. Suitable anionic carboxylate surfac additional Surfactants selected from anionic, cationic, tants include the alkyl ethoxy carboxylates, the alkyl poly ampholytic, amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactants and ethoxy polycarboxylate Surfactants and the Soaps (alkyl mixtures thereof. A typical listing of anionic, ampholytic, carboxyls), especially certain secondary Soaps as described and Zwitterionic classes, and species of these surfactants, is herein. Suitable alkyl ethoxy carboxylates include those given in U.S. Pat. No. 3,929,678 to Laughlin and Heuring. with the formula RO(CHCHO). CHCOOM" wherein R A list of suitable cationic surfactants is given in U.S. Pat. No. is a C6 to C18 alkyl group, X ranges from 0 to 10, and the 4.259,217 to Murphy. Where present, anionic, ampholytic, ethoxylate distribution is such that, on a weight basis, the amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactants are generally used in amount of material where X is 0 is less than 20% and M is combination with one or more nonionic Surfactants. The a cation. Suitable alkyl polyethoxypolycarboxylate surfac surfactants may be present at a level of from about 0% to tants include those having the formula RO (CHR — 90%, or from about 0.001% to 50%, or from about 0.01% to CHR O) R' wherein R is a C6 to C18 alkyl group, X is 25% by weight. from 1 to 25, R' and R are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl acid radical. Succinic acid 0064. The cleaning composition may comprise an radical, hydroxySuccinic acid radical, and mixtures thereof, anionic Surfactant. Essentially any anionic Surfactants useful and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, for detersive purposes can be used in the cleaning compo substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon having between 1 sition. These can include Salts (including, for example, and 8 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof. Sodium, potassium, ammonium, and Substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and tri-ethanolamine salts) of the 0068 For use around food preparation areas, food safe anionic Sulfate, Sulfonate, carboxylate and sarcosinate Sur anionic Surfactants are generally preferred, and Suitable factants. Anionic Surfactants may comprise a Sulfonate or a examples for use in food safe cleaning compositions of the Sulfate Surfactant. Anionic Surfactants may comprise an present invention include, but are not limited to, Sodium alkylsulfate, a linear or branched alkylbenzene sulfonate, or lauryl Sulfate, Sodium dodecyl Sulfate, linear alkyl Sulfonate, an alkyldiphenyloxide disulfonate, as described herein. linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, and mixtures thereof. 0065 Other anionic surfactants include the isethionates 0069 Suitable soap surfactants include the secondary Such as the acyl isethionates, N-acyl taurates, fatty acid Soap Surfactants, which contain a carboxyl unit connected to amides of methyl tauride, alkyl Succinates and Sulfo Succi a secondary carbon. Suitable secondary Soap Surfactants for nates, monoesters of SulfoSuccinate (for instance, Saturated use herein are water-soluble members selected from the and unsaturated C12-C 18 monoesters) diesters of sulfosuc group consisting of the water-soluble salts of 2-methyl-1- cinate (for instance saturated and unsaturated C6-C14 undecanoic acid, 2-ethyl-1-decanoic acid, 2-propyl-1- diesters), N-acyl sarcosinates. Resin acids and hydrogenated nonanoic acid, 2-butyl-1-octanoic acid and 2-pentyl-1-hep resin acids are also suitable, such as rosin, hydrogenated tanoic acid. Certain Soaps may also be included as Suds rosin, and resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids present Suppressors. in or derived from tallow oil. Anionic sulfate surfactants 0070. Other suitable anionic surfactants are the alkali suitable for use herein include the linear and branched metal sarcosinates of formula R CONCR')CH-)COOM, primary and secondary alkyl Sulfates, alkyl ethoxysulfates, wherein R is a C5-C17 linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl fatty oleoyl glycerol sulfates, alkyl phenol ethylene oxide group, R is a C1-C4 alkyl group and M is an alkali metal ether sulfates, the C5-C17acyl-N-(C1-C4 alkyl) and ion. Examples are the myristyl and oleoyl methyl sarcosi —N—(C1-C2 hydroxyalkyl) glucamine Sulfates, and Sul nates in the form of their sodium salts. fates of alkylpolysaccharides such as the Sulfates of alky lpolyglucoside (the nonionic nonsulfated compounds being 0071 Suitable amphoteric surfactants for use herein described herein). alkyl sulfate surfactants may be selected include the amine oxide Surfactants and the alkyl ampho carboxylic acids. Suitable amine oxides include those com from the linear and branched primary C10-C18 alkyl sul pounds having the formula R(OR)-NO(R), wherein R is fates, the C11-C15 branched chain alkyl sulfates, or the selected from an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, acylamidopropyl and C12-C14 linear chain alkyl sulfates. alkylphenyl group, or mixtures thereof, containing from 8 to 0.066 Alkyl ethoxysulfate surfactants may be selected 26 carbon atoms; R is an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene from the group consisting of the C10-C18 alkyl sulfates, group containing from 2 to 3 carbon atoms, or mixtures which have been ethoxylated with from 0.5 to 20 moles of thereof, x is from 0 to 5, preferably from 0 to 3; and each R ethylene oxide per molecule. The alkyl ethoxysulfate sur is an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group containing from 1 to 3, or factant may be a C11-C18, or a C1-C15 alkyl sulfate which a polyethylene oxide group containing from 1 to 3 ethylene has been ethoxylated with from 0.5 to 7, or from 1 to 5, oxide groups. Suitable amine oxides are C10-C18 alkyl moles of ethylene oxide per molecule. One aspect of the dimethylamine oxide, and C10-18 acylamido alkyl dimethy invention employs mixtures of the alkyl sulfate and/or lamine oxide. A Suitable example of an alkyl amphodicar sulfonate and alkyl ethoxysulfate surfactants. Such mixtures boxylic acid is MiranolTM C2M Conc. manufactured by have been disclosed in PCT Patent Application No. WO Miranol, Inc., Dayton, N.J. 93F181 24. 0072 Zwitterionic surfactants can also be incorporated 0067 Anionic sulfonate surfactants suitable for use into the cleaning compositions. These surfactants can be herein include the salts of C5-C20 linear alkylbenzene broadly described as derivatives of secondary and tertiary US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006 amines, derivatives of heterocyclic secondary and tertiary R" groups are linear alkyl groups, for instance, linear R' amines, or derivatives of quaternary ammonium, quaternary groups having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms. phosphonium or tertiary Sulfonium compounds. Betaine and 0077 Suitable cationic mono-alkoxylated amine surfac Sultaine Surfactants are exemplary Zwitterionic Surfactants tants for use herein are of the formula R' (CH)(CH)N" for use herein. (CHCHO). H X wherein R' is C10-C18 hydrocarbyl 0.073 Suitable betaines are those compounds having the and mixtures thereof, especially C10-C14 alkyl, or C10 and formula R(R')NRCOO– wherein R is a C6-C18 hydro C12 alkyl, and X is any convenient anion to provide charge carbyl group, each R" is typically C1-C3 alkyl, and R is a balance, for instance, chloride or bromide. C1-C5 hydrocarbyl group. Suitable betaines are C12-18 0078. As noted, compounds of the foregoing type include dimethyl-ammonio hexanoate and the C10-18 acylami those wherein the ethoxy (CHCHO) units (EO) are dopropane (or ethane) dimethyl (or diethyl) betaines. Com replaced by butoxy, isopropoxy ICH (CH)CHO and plex betaine surfactants are also suitable for use herein. CHCH(CH)O units (i-Pr) or n-propoxy units (Pr), or 0074 Suitable cationic surfactants to be used herein mixtures of EO and/or Pr and/or i-Pr units. include the quaternary ammonium surfactants. The quater 0079 The cationic bis-alkoxylated amine surfactant may nary ammonium surfactant may be a mono C6-C16, or a have the general formula: R'RNApRA'qRX wherein C6-C10 N-alkyl or alkenyl ammonium surfactant wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl moiety containing from about 8 to the remaining N positions are substituted by methyl, about 18 carbonatoms, or from 10 to about 16 carbonatoms, hydroxyethyl or hydroxypropyl groups. Suitable are also the or from about 10 to about 14 carbon atoms; R is an alkyl mono-alkoxylated and bis-alkoxylated amine Surfactants. group containing from one to three carbon atoms, for 0075 Another suitable group of cationic surfactants, instance, methyl; R and R' can vary independently and are which can be used in the cleaning compositions, are cationic selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl, X is an anion ester Surfactants. The cationic ester Surfactant is a compound such as chloride, bromide, methylsulfate, sulfate, or the like, having Surfactant properties comprising at least one ester sufficient to provide electrical neutrality. A and A' can vary (i.e. —COO-) linkage and at least one cationically charged independently and are each selected from C1-C4 alkoxy, for group. Suitable cationic ester Surfactants, including choline instance, ethoxy, (i.e., —CH2CH2O—), propoxy, butoxy ester surfactants, have for example been disclosed in U.S. and mixtures thereof, p is from 1 to about 30, or from 1 to Pat. Nos. 4,228,042, 4,239,660 and 4,260,529. The ester about 4 and q is from 1 to about 30, or from 1 to about 4. linkage and cationically charged group may be separated or both p and q are 1. from each other in the Surfactant molecule by a spacer group 0080 Suitable cationic bis-alkoxylated amine surfactants consisting of a chain comprising at least three atoms (i.e. of for use herein are of the formula R'CHN three atoms chain length), or from three to eight atoms, or (CHCH-OH)(CHCH-OH)X, wherein R' is C10-C18 from three to five atoms, or three atoms. The atoms forming hydrocarbyl and mixtures thereof, or C10, C12, C14 alkyl the spacer group chain are selected from the group consist and mixtures thereof, X is any convenient anion to provide ing, of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atoms and any mixtures charge balance, for example, chloride. With reference to the thereof, with the proviso that any nitrogen or oxygen atom general cationic bis-alkoxylated amine structure noted in said chain connects only with carbon atoms in the chain. above, since in one example compound R' is derived from Thus spacer groups having, for example, —O—O— (i.e. (coconut) C12-C14 alkyl fraction fatty acids, R is methyl peroxide), —N N—, and —N—O— linkages are and ApR and A'qR are each monoethoxy. excluded, whilst spacer groups having, for example 0081. Other cationic bis-alkoxylated amine surfactants CH2—O—, CH2— and —CH2—NH-CH2— linkages useful herein include compounds of the formula: R'R'N' are included. The spacer group chain may comprise only (CHCHO), H–(CHCHO), H X' wherein R is C10 carbon atoms, or the chain is a hydrocarbyl chain. C18 hydrocarbyl, or C10-C14 alkyl, independently p is 1 to 0.076 The cleaning composition may comprise cationic about 3 and q is 1 to about 3, R is C1-C3 alkyl, for example, mono-alkoxylated amine Surfactants, for instance, of the methyl, and X is an anion, for example, chloride or general formula: R'R'R''N'ApRX wherein R' is an alkyl bromide. or alkenyl moiety containing from about 6 to about 18 0082) Other compounds of the foregoing type include carbon atoms, or from 6 to about 16 carbon atoms, or from about 6 to about 14 carbon atoms; R and R are each those wherein the ethoxy (CHCHO) units (EO) are independently alkyl groups containing from one to about replaced by butoxy (Bu) isopropoxy ICH(CH)CHO and three carbon atoms, for instance, methyl, for instance, both CHCH(CH)O units (i-Pr) or n-propoxy units (Pr), or R° and Rare methyl groups; R is selected from hydrogen, mixtures of EO and/or Pr and/or i-Pr units. methyl and ethyl; X is an anion Such as chloride, bromide, 0083. The inventive compositions may include at least methylsulfate, sulfate, or the like, to provide electrical one fluorosurfactant selected from nonionic fluorosurfac neutrality: A is a alkoxy group, especially a ethoxy, propoxy tants, cationic fluoroSurfactants, and mixtures thereof which or butoxy group; and p is from 0 to about 30, or from 2 to are soluble or dispersible in the aqueous compositions being about 15, or from 2 to about 8. The ApR group in the taught herein, sometimes compositions which do not include formula may have p=1 and is a hydroxyalkyl group, having further detersive surfactants, or further organic solvents, or no greater than 6 carbon atoms whereby the -OH group is both. Suitable nonionic fluorosurfactant compounds are separated from the quaternary ammonium nitrogen atom by found among the materials presently commercially mar no more than 3 carbon atoms. Suitable ApR groups are keted under the trade name FluoradR) (ex. 3M Corp.) Exem —CHCH-OH, —CHCHCH-OH, plary fluorosurfactants include those sold as FluoradR —CH-CH(CH) OH and -CH(CH)CH-OH. Suitable FC-740, generally described to be fluorinated alkyl esters: US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

FluoradR FC-430, generally described to be fluorinated alkyl esters; FluoradR FC-431, generally described to be TABLE II fluorinated alkyl esters; and, FluoradR FC-170-C, which is Vapor Surface Specific generally described as being fluorinated alkyl polyoxyeth pressure tension Heat ylene ethanols. Water miscible Mm Hg Bp dynesicm cal/g K solvents (20° C.) o C. (25° C.) (25° C.) 0084 An example of a suitable cationic fluorosurfactant Ethanol 43 78 22.3 O618 compound has the following structure: CF Sopropanol 33 82.4 O.65 2-Propylene O.O7 87.3 40.1 O.S90 1SONHCHN"(CH), where n-8. This cationic fluoro glycol surfactant is available under the trade name FluoradR Propylene 8.1 20.1 27 O.S8 FC-135 from 3M. Another example of a suitable cationic glycol methyl eler fluorosurfactant is F. (CF), (CH), SCHCHOH Propylene 4.4 33 29.7 0.55 CH NRRRCl wherein: n is 5-9 and m is 2, and R. glycol ethyl eler R and R are —CH. This cationic fluoroSurfactant is Propylene 1.8 50 27.0 0.55 available under the trade name ZONYL(R) FSD (available glycol n-propyl eler from DuPont, described as 2-hydroxy-3-((gamma-omega Dipropylene O.17 88 29.0 O.S3 perfluoro-Co-alkyl)thio)-N.N.N-trimethyl-1-propyl glycol methyl eler ammonium chloride). Other cationic fluorosurfactants Suit Ethylene glycol 6.2 24 30.8 O.S3 able for use in the present invention are also described in EP methyl ether 866,115 to Leach and Niwata. Ethylene glycol 3.8 34 29.3 O.S6 ethyl ether Ethylene glycol 1.3 49 27.9 0085. The fluorosurfactant selected from the group of n-propyl ether nonionic fluorosurfactant, cationic fluoroSurfactant, and Ethylene glycol O6 69 26.6 O.S6 mixtures thereof may be present in amounts of from 0.001 n-butyl ether Diethylene O.2 91 34.8 O.S4 to 5% wt., preferably from 0.01 to 1% wt., and more glycol methyl preferably from 0.01 to 0.5% wt. eler Diethylene O.12 98 32.2 0.55 0.086 Most preferred for use in compositions of the glycol ethyl present invention are those food safe Surfactants specifically eler listed as GRAS according to any one of Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (21 C.F.R.), Parts 172 to 582, specifi cally those listed in 21 C.F.R. 172, 21 C.F.R. 178, 21 C.F.R. Solvent 181, 21 C.F.R. 186, and 21 C.F.R. 582. 0089 Suitable organic solvents include, but are not lim ited to, Ce alkanols, Ce diols, Co alkyl ethers of Solvents with Less than 20% Water Solubility alkylene glycols, C. alkylene glycol ethers, polyalkylene glycols, short chain carboxylic acids, short chain esters, 0087. One aspect of the invention is an optional solvent isoparafinic hydrocarbons, mineral spirits, alkylaromatics, with less than 20% solubility in water. Solvents with less terpenes, terpene derivatives, terpenoids, terpenoid deriva than 20% solubility in water include the glycol ether sol tives, formaldehyde, and pyrrolidones. Alkanols include, but vents; propylene glycol n-butyl ether, dipropylene glycol are not limited to, methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopro n-butyl ether, dipropylene glycol n-propyl ether, and ethyl panol, butanol, pentanol, and hexanol, and isomers thereof. ene glycol n-hexyl ether. Also, included are essentially water Diols include, but are not limited to, methylene, ethylene, insoluble solvents such as hydrocarbons and terpenes. Suit propylene and butylene glycols. alkylene glycol ethers able solvents with less than 20% solubility in water can be include, but are not limited to, ethylene glycol monopropyl present in from 0.1 to 10% by weight, or from 1 to 10% by ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol weight. monohexyl ether, diethylene glycol monopropyl ether, dieth ylene glycol monobutyl ether, diethylene glycol monohexyl Volatile Solvents Miscible in Water ether, propylene glycol methyl ether, propylene glycol ethyl ether, propylene glycol n-propyl ether, propylene glycol 0088 One aspect of the invention is an optional volatile monobutyl ether, propylene glycol t-butyl ether, di- or solvent that is miscible in water. These solvents tend to tri-polypropylene glycol methyl or ethyl or propyl or butyl volatilize off after application and not form multiple phases ether, acetate and propionate esters of glycol ethers. Short that can lead to enhanced filming and streaking. The Volatile chain carboxylic acids include, but are not limited to, acetic Solvent can have a vapor pressure greater than 10 mm Hg at acid, glycolic acid, lactic acid and propionic acid. Short chain esters include, but are not limited to, glycol acetate, 20°C. The volatile solvent can have a vapor pressure greater and cyclic or linear volatile methylsiloxanes. Water than 1 mm Hg at 20°C. The solvent should be completely insoluble solvents such as isoparafinic hydrocarbons, min miscible in water. Examples of solvents that have a vapor eral spirits, alkylaromatics, terpenoids, terpenoid deriva pressure greater than 1 mm Hg at 20° C. and that are tives, terpenes, and terpenes derivatives can be mixed with completely miscible in water are listed in Table II. Compo a water-soluble solvent when employed. The solvents can be sitions can contain 0.1 to 10% by weight of volatile solvents present at a level of from 0.001% to 10%, or from 0.01% to that are miscible in water. 10%, or from 1% to 4% by weight. US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

Additional Adjuncts Additional antimicrobial agents include those employed in the art for use in oral, topical and mucous membrane treating 0090 The cleaning compositions optionally contain one Solutions and compositions in applications suitable for inci or more of the following adjuncts: stain and soil repellants, dental human ingestion owing to their extremely low tox lubricants, odor control agents, perfumes, fragrances and icities and low irritancy characteristics. These are sometimes fragrance release agents, and bleaching agents. Other denoted as “acceptable oral antimicrobials” in the art. adjuncts include, but are not limited to, acids, electrolytes, dyes and/or colorants, solubilizing materials, stabilizers, 0093 Representative oral antimicrobials suitable for use thickeners, defoamers, hydrotropes, cloud point modifiers, in the present invention include, but are not limited to preservatives, and other polymers. The solubilizing materi phenolics, such as phenol and thymol; carboxylic acids and als, when used, include, but are not limited to, hydrotropes alkali metal salts thereof. Such as benzoic acid, sodium (e.g. water Soluble salts of low molecular weight organic benzoate, Sorbic acid, sodium Sorbate and potassium Sor acids such as the Sodium and/or potassium salts of toluene, bate; p-hydroxybenzoic acid and methyl, ethyl or propyl cumene, and Xylene Sulfonic acid). The acids, when used, ester derivatives thereof, quaternary ammonium halides include, but are not limited to, organic hydroxy acids, citric having antimicrobial properties such as cetylpyridinium acids, keto acid, and the like. Electrolytes, when used, chloride, domiphen bromide, benzalkonium chloride, include, calcium, sodium and potassium chloride. Thicken cetalkonium chloride and benzethonium chloride; chlorhexi ers, when used, include, but are not limited to, polyacrylic dine; triclosan, peroxides, notably hydrogen peroxide; Zinc acid, Xanthan gum, calcium carbonate, aluminum oxide, compounds, such as Zinc chloride, Zinc oxychloride, Zinc alginates, guar gum, methyl, ethyl, clays, and/or propyl hydroxide, Zinc oxide, Sodium Zincate, Zinc citrate, Sodium hydroxycelluloses. Defoamers, when used, include, but are Zinc citrate and Zinc fluoride; sodium salicylate; silver not limited to, silicones, aminosilicones, silicone blends, citrate, silver dihydrogen citrate, and compatible combina and/or silicone/hydrocarbon blends. Bleaching agents, when tions thereof. Also suitable is octenidine dihydrochloride. used, include, but are not limited to, peracids, hypohalite Sources, hydrogen peroxide, and/or sources of hydrogen Builder/Buffer peroxide. 0094. The cleaning composition may include a builder or 0.091 Preservatives, when used, include, but are not buffer, which increase the effectiveness of the surfactant. limited to, mildewstat or bacteriostat, methyl, ethyl and The builder or buffer can also function as a softener and/or propyl parabens, short chain organic acids (e.g. acetic, lactic a sequestering agent in the cleaning composition. A variety and/or glycolic acids), bisguanidine compounds (e.g. Dan of builders or buffers can be used and they include, but are tagard and/or Glydant) and/or short chain alcohols (e.g. not limited to, phosphate-silicate compounds, Zeolites, alkali ethanol and/or IPA). The mildewstat or bacteriostat includes, metal, ammonium and Substituted ammonium poly-acetates, but is not limited to, mildewstats (including non-isothiaz trialkali salts of nitrilotriacetic acid, carboxylates, polycar olone compounds) include Kathon GC, a 5-chloro-2-methyl boxylates, carbonates, bicarbonates, polyphosphates, ami 4-isothiazolin-3-one, KATHON ICP, a 2-methyl-4-isothia nopolycarboxylates, polyhydroxy-Sulfonates, and starch Zolin-3-one, and a blend thereof, and KATHON 886, a derivatives. 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, all available from 0095 Builders or buffers can also include polyacetates Rohm and Haas Company; BRONOPOL, a 2-bromo-2- and polycarboxylates. The polyacetate and polycarboxylate nitropropane 1,3 diol, from Boots Company Ltd., PROXEL compounds include, but are not limited to, sodium, potas CRL, a propyl-p-hydroxybenzoate, from ICI PLC: NIPA sium, lithium, ammonium, and Substituted ammonium salts SOL M, an o-phenyl-phenol, Na' salt, from Nipa Labora of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, ethylenediamine triace tories Ltd., DOWICIDE A, a 12-Benzoisothiazolin-3-one, tic acid, ethylenediamine tetrapropionic acid, diethylenetri from Dow Chemical Co., and IRGASAN DP 200, a 2,4,4'- amine pentaacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, oxydisuccinic trichloro-2-hydroxydiphenylether, from Ciba-Geigy A.G. acid, iminodisuccinic acid, mellitic acid, polyacrylic acid or polymethacrylic acid and copolymers, benzene polycar Antimicrobial Agent boxylic acids, gluconic acid, Sulfamic acid, oxalic acid, 0092 Antimicrobial agents, in addition to 2-hydroxycar phosphoric acid, phosphonic acid, organic phosphonic acids, boxylic acids and other ingredients, include quaternary acetic acid, and citric acid. These builders or buffers can also ammonium compounds and phenolics. Non-limiting exist either partially or totally in the hydrogen ion form. examples of these quaternary compounds include benzalko 0096. The builder agent can include sodium and/or potas nium chlorides and/or substituted benzalkonium chlorides, sium salts of EDTA and substituted ammonium salts. The di (C-C)alkyl di short chain (C. alkyl and/or hydroxy Substituted ammonium salts include, but are not limited to, alkl) quaternary ammonium salts, N-(3-chloroallyl) hexam ammonium salts of methylamine, dimethylamine, buty inium chlorides, benzethonium chloride, methylbenzetho lamine, butylenediamine, propylamine, triethylamine, trim nium chloride, and cetylpyridinium chloride. Other ethylamine, monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethano quaternary compounds include the group consisting of lamine, isopropanolamine, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid dialkyldimethyl ammonium chlorides, alkyl dimethylbenzy and propanolamine. lammonium chlorides, dialkylmethyl-benzylammonium chlorides, and mixtures thereof. Biguanide antimicrobial 0097 Buffering and pH adjusting agents, when used, actives including, but not limited to polyhexamethylene include, but are not limited to, organic acids, mineral acids, biguanide hydrochloride, p-chlorophenylbiguanide: 4-chlo alkali metal and alkaline earth salts of silicate, metasilicate, robenzhydryl biguanide, halogenated hexidine Such as, but polysilicate, borate, hydroxide, carbonate, carbamate, phos not limited to, chlorhexidine (1,1'-hexamethylene-bis-5-(4- phate, polyphosphate, pyrophosphates, triphosphates, tetra chlorophenylbiguanide) and its salts are also in this class. phosphates, ammonia, hydroxide, monoethanolamine, US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006 monopropanolamine, diethanolamine, dipropanolamine, tri epoxide, isobornyl acetate, nonyl acetate, terpinyl acetate, ethanolamine, and 2-amino-2methylpropanol. Preferred linallyl acetate, geranyl acetate, citronellyl acetate, dihydro buffering agents for compositions of this invention are terpinyl acetate and meryl acetate. Further, examples of nitrogen-containing materials. Some examples are amino suitable terpene aldehyde and terpene ketone solvents acids Such as lysine or lower alcohol amines like mono-, di-, include myrtenal, campholenic aldehyde, perillaldehyde, and tri-ethanolamine. Other preferred nitrogen-containing citronellal, citral, hydroxy citronellal, camphor, Verbenone, buffering agents are tri(hydroxymethyl)amino methane carvenone, dihydro-carvone, carvone, piperitone, menthone, (TRIS), 2-amino-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2-amino-2-me geranyl acetone, pseudo-ionone, ionine, iso-pseudo-methyl thyl-propanol, 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanol, disodium ionone, n-pseudo-methyl ionone, iso-methyl ionone and glutamate, N-methyl diethanolamide, 2-dimethylamino-2- n-methyl ionone. methylpropanol (DMAMP), 1,3-bis(methylamine)-cyclo hexane, 1,3-diamino-propanol N,N'-tetra-methyl-1,3-di 0102 Essential oils include, but are not limited to, those amino-2-propanol, N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine (bicine) obtained from thyme, lemongrass, citrus, lemons, oranges, and N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl glycine (tricine). Other anise, clove, aniseed, pine, cinnamon, geranium, roses, mint, Suitable buffers include ammonium carbamate, citric acid, lavender, citronella, eucalyptus, peppermint, camphor, San acetic acid. Mixtures of any of the above are also acceptable. dalwood, rosmarin, Vervain, fleagrass, lemongrass, ratan Useful inorganic buffers/alkalinity sources include ammo hiae, cedar and mixtures thereof. Preferred essential oils to nia, the alkali metal carbonates and alkali metal phosphates, be used herein are thyme oil, clove oil, cinnamon oil, e.g., Sodium carbonate, sodium polyphosphate. For addi geranium oil, eucalyptus oil, peppermint oil, mint oil or tional buffers see WO95/07971, which is incorporated mixtures thereof. herein by reference. Other preferred pH adjusting agents 0.103 Actives of essential oils to be used herein include, include Sodium or potassium hydroxide. but are not limited to, thymol (present for example in 0098. When employed, the builder, buffer, or pH adjust thyme), eugenol (present for example in cinnamon and ing agent comprises at least about 0.001% and typically clove), menthol (present for example in mint), geraniol about 0.01-5% of the cleaning composition. Preferably, the (present for example in geranium and rose), verbenone builder or buffer content is about 0.01-2%. (present for example in Vervain), eucalyptol and pinocar vone (present in eucalyptus), cedrol (present for example in Pine Oil, Terpene Derivatives and Essential Oils cedar), anethol (present for example in anise), carvacrol, 0099 Compositions according to the invention may com hinokitiol, berberine, ferulic acid, cinnamic acid, methyl prise pine oil, terpene derivatives and/or essential oils. Pine salycilic acid, methyl salycilate, terpineol and mixtures oil, terpene derivatives and essential oils are used primarily thereof. Preferred actives of essential oils to be used herein for cleaning efficacy. They may also provide some antimi are thymol, eugenol, Verbenone, eucalyptol, terpineol, cin crobial efficacy and deodorizing properties. Pine oil, terpene namic acid, methyl salycilic acid, and/or geraniol. derivatives and essential oils may be present in the compo 0.104) Other essential oils include Anethole 20/21 natural, sitions in amounts of up to about 1% by weight, preferably Aniseed oil china Star, Aniseed oil globe brand, Balsam in amounts of 0.01% to 0.5% by weight. (Peru), Basil oil (India), Black pepper oil, Black pepper 0100 Pine oil is a complex blend of oils, alcohols, acids, oleoresin 40/20, Bois de Rose (Brazil) FOB, Borneol Flakes esters, aldehydes and other organic compounds. These (China), Camphor oil, White, Camphor powder synthetic include terpenes that include a large number of related technical, Canaga oil (Java), Cardamom oil, Cassia oil alcohols or ketones. Some important constituents include (China), Cedarwood oil (China) BP Cinnamon bark oil, terpineol. One type of pine oil, synthetic pine oil, will Cinnamon leaf oil, Citronella oil, Clove bud oil, Clove leaf, generally contain a higher content of turpentine alcohols Coriander (Russia), Coumarin (China), Cyclamen Alde than the two other grades of pine oil, namely steam distilled hyde, Diphenyl oxide, Ethylvanilin, Eucalyptol, Eucalyptus and Sulfate pine oils. Other important compounds include oil, Eucalyptus citriodora, Fennel oil, Geranium oil, Ginger alpha- and beta-pinene (turpentine), abietic acid (rosin), and oil, Ginger oleoresin (India), White grapefruit oil, Guai other isoprene derivatives. Particularly effective pine oils are acwood oil, Gurjun balsam, Heliotropin, Isobomyl acetate, commercially available from Millennium Chemicals, under Isolongifolene, Juniper berry oil, L-methhyl acetate, Laven the Glidco trade name. These pine oils vary in the amount of der oil, Lemon oil, Lemongrass oil, Lime oil distilled, Litsea terpene alcohols and alpha-terpineol. Cubeba oil, Longifolene, Menthol crystals, Methyl cedryl ketone, Methyl chavicol, Methyl salicylate, Musk ambrette, 0101 Terpene derivatives appropriate for use in the Musk ketone, Musk xylol, Nutmeg oil, Orange oil, Patchouli inventive composition include terpene hydrocarbons having oil, Peppermint oil, Phenyl ethyl alcohol, Pimento berry oil, a functional group, such as terpene alcohols, terpene ethers, Pimento leaf oil, Rosalin, Sandalwood oil, Sandenol, Sage terpene esters, terpene aldehydes and terpene ketones. oil, Clary sage, Sassafras oil, Spearmint oil, Spike lavender, Examples of suitable terpene alcohols include verbenol, transpinocarveol, cis-2-pinanol, nopol, isobomeol, carbeol, Tagetes, Tea tree oil, Vanilin, Vetyver oil (Java), Winter piperitol, thymol, alpha-terpineol, terpinen-4-ol, menthol, green. Each of these botanical oils is commercially avail 1,8-terpin, dihydro-terpineol, nerol, geraniol, linalool, cit able. ronellol, hydroxycitronellol, 3,7-dimethyl octanol, dihydro 0105 Particularly preferred oils include peppermint oil, myrcenol, tetrahydro-alloocimenol, perillalcohol, and fal lavender oil, bergamot oil (Italian), rosemary oil (Tunisian), carindiol. Examples of suitable terpene ether and terpene and Sweet orange oil. These may be commercially obtained ester solvents include 1,8-cineole, 1,4-cineole, isobomyl from a variety of Suppliers including: Givadan Roure Corp. methylether, rose pyran, menthofuran, trans-anethole, (Clifton, N.J.); Berje Inc. (Bloomfield, N.J.); BBA Aroma methyl chavicol, allocimene diepoxide, limonene mono Chemical Div. of Union Camp Corp. (Wayne, N.J.); Fir US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

menich Inc. (Plainsboro N.J.); Quest International Fra commercial hectorites are LAPONITER) from Southern grances Inc. (Mt. Olive Township, N.J.); Robertet Fra Clay Products, Inc., U.S.A.; Veegum Pro and Veegum F from grances Inc. (Oakland, N.J.). R. T. Vanderbilt, U.S.A.; and the Barasyms, Macaloids and 0106 Particularly useful lemon oil and d-limonene com Propaloids from Baroid Division, National Read Comp., positions which are useful in the invention include mixtures U.S.A. of terpene hydrocarbons obtained from the essence of 0111. The inorganic metal oxides used in the coating oranges, e.g., cold-pressed orange terpenes and orange ter composition may be silica- or alumina-based nanoparticles pene oil phase ex fruit juice, and the mixture of terpene that are naturally occurring or synthetic. Aluminum can be hydrocarbons expressed from lemons and grapefruit. found in many naturally occurring sources, such as kaolinite Polymers and bauxite. The naturally occurring sources of alumina are processed by the Hall process or the Bayer process to yield 0107. In preferred embodiments of the invention, poly the desired alumina type required. Various forms of alumina meric material that improves the hydrophilicity of the sur are commercially available in the form of Gibbsite, face being treated is incorporated into the present compo Diaspore, and Boehmite from manufacturers such as Con sitions. The increase in hydrophilicity provides improved dea. final appearance by providing “sheeting of the water from the Surface and/or spreading of the water on the Surface, and 0.112. In some preferred embodiments, the nanoparticles this effect is preferably seen when the surface is rewetted will have a net excess charge on one of their dimensions. For and even when subsequently dried after the rewetting. instance, flat plate-shaped nanoparticles may have a positive Polymer substantivity is beneficial as it prolongs the sheet charge on their flat surfaces, and a negative charge on their ing and cleaning benefits. Another important feature of edges. Alternatively, such flat plate-shaped nanoparticles preferred polymers is lack of visible residue upon drying. In may have a negative charge on their flat surfaces and a preferred embodiments, the polymer comprises 0.001 to 5%, positive charge on their edges. Preferably, the nanoparticles preferably 0.01 to 1%, and most preferably 0.1 to 0.5% of have an overall net negative charge. This is believed to aid the cleaning composition. in hydrophilizing the Surface coated with the nanoparticles. The amount of charge, or “charge density', on the nanopar Nanoparticles ticles can be measured in terms of the mole ratio of mag 0108 Nanoparticles, defined as particles with diameters nesium oxide to lithium oxide in the nanoparticles. In of about 400 nm or less, are technologically significant, preferred embodiments, the nanoparticles have a mole ratio since they are utilized to fabricate structures, coatings, and of magnesium oxide to lithium oxide of less than or equal to devices that have novel and useful properties due to the very about 11%. small dimensions of their particulate constituents. “Non Substances Generally Recognized as Safe photoactive' nanoparticles do not use UV or visible light to produce the desired effects. Nanoparticles can have many 0113 Compositions according to the invention may com different particle shapes. Shapes of nanoparticles can prise Substances generally recognized as safe (GRAS). include, but are not limited to spherical, parallelepiped including essential oils, oleoresins (solvent-free) and natural shaped, tube shaped, and disc or plate shaped. Nanoparticles extractives (including distillates), and synthetic flavoring can be present from 0.01 to 1%. materials and adjuvants. Compositions may also comprise GRAS materials commonly found in cotton, cotton textiles, 0109 Inorganic nanoparticles generally exist as oxides, paper and paperboard stock dry food packaging materials silicates, carbonates and hydroxides. These nanoparticles are (referred herein as substrates) that have been found to generally hydrophilic. Some layered clay minerals and inor migrate to dry food and, by inference may migrate into the ganic metal oxides can be examples of nanoparticles. The inventive compositions when these packaging materials are layered clay minerals suitable for use in the coating com used as Substrates for the inventive compositions. position include those in the geological classes of the Smectites, the kaolins, the illites, the chlorites, the attapulg 0114 Suitable GRAS materials are listed in the Code of ites and the mixed layer clays. Smectites include montmo Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Title 21 of the United States rillonite, bentonite, pyrophyllite, hectorite, Saponite, Sauco Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and nite, nontronite, talc, beidellite, Volchonskoite and Human Services, Parts 180.20, 180.40 and 180.50, which Vermiculite. Kaolins include kaolinite, dickite, nacrite, anti are hereby incorporated by reference. These suitable GRAS gorite, anauxite, halloysite, indellite and chrysotile. Illites materials include essential oils, oleoresins (solvent-free), include bravaisite, muscovite, paragonite, phlogopite and and natural extractives (including distillates). The GRAS biotite. Chlorites include corrensite, penninite, donbassite, materials may be present in the compositions in amounts of Sudoite, pennine and clinochlore. Attapulgites include Sepio up to about 10% by weight, preferably in amounts of 0.01 lite and polygorskyte. Mixed layer clays include allevardite and 5% by weight. and vermiculitebiotite. Variants and isomorphic substitu tions of these layered clay minerals offer unique applica 0.115. Also suitable are materials considered safe as an tions. indirect or direct food additive. The FDA provides a GRAS list for indirect food additives are defined by Title 21 C.F.R. 0110. The layered clay minerals suitable for use in the Parts 178, 181, and 186 and direct food additives by 21 coating composition may be either naturally occurring or C.F.R. Parts 172 and 582, which are hereby incorporated by synthetic. An example of one embodiment of the coating reference. The indirect and direct food additive GRAS composition uses natural or synthetic hectorites, montmo materials may be present in the compositions in amounts of rillonites and bentonites. Another embodiment uses the up to about 10% by weight, preferably in amounts of 0.01 hectorites clays commercially available. Typical sources of and 5% by weight. Also suitable for use are those materials US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

that the United States Environmental Protection Agency octadien-1-ol), geranyl acetate (geraniol acetate), limonene (U.S.E.P.A.) allows for use in and around foods, including (d-, 1-, and d1-), linalool (linalol. 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octa those specific food-safe ingredients and Surfactants that may dien-3-ol), linallyl acetate (bergamol), methyl anthranilate not be considered GRAS but are approved for use, including (methyl-2-aminobenzoate), piperonal (3.4-methylenedioxy those materials listed in either 40 C.F.R. Parts 180.940 and benzaldehyde, heliotropin) and vanillin. 180.960, both of which are hereby incorporated by refer 0119) Suitable GRAS substances that may be present in CCC. the inventive compositions that have been identified as 0116 Preferred GRAS materials include oils and oleo possibly migrating to food from cotton, cotton textiles, paper resins (solvent-free) and natural extractives (including dis and paperboard materials used in dry food packaging mate tillates) derived from alfalfa, allspice, almond bitter (free rials are listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) from prussic acid), ambergris, ambrette seed, angelica, Title 21 of the United States Food and Drug Administration, angostura (cusparia bark), anise, apricot kernel (persic oil), Department of Health and Human Services, Parts 180.70 asafetida, balm (lemon balm), balsam (of Peru), basil, bay and 180.90, which are hereby incorporated by reference. The leave, bay (myrcia oil), bergamot (bergamot orange), bois de GRAS materials may be present in the compositions either rose (Aniba rosaeodora Ducke), cacao, camomile (chamo by addition or incidentally owing to migration from the mile) flowers, cananga, capsicum, caraway, cardamom seed Substrates to the compositions employed in the invention, or (cardamon), carobbean, carrot, cascarilla bark, cassia bark, present owing to both mechanisms. Castoreum, celery seed, cheery (wild bark), chervil, cinna 0120 Suitable GRAS materials that are suitable for use in mon bark, Civet (zibeth, zibet, zibetum), ceylon (Cinnamo the invention, identified as originating from either cotton or mum Zeylanicum Nees), cinnamon (bark and leaf), cit cotton textile materials used as Substrates in the invention, ronella, citrus peels, clary (clary sage), clover, coca include beef tallow, carboxymethylcellulose, coconut oil (decocainized), coffee, cognac oil (white and green), cola (refined), cornstarch, gelatin, lard, lard oil, oleic acid, peanut nut (kola nut), coriander, cumin (cummin), curacao orange oil, potato starch, Sodium acetate, Sodium chloride, sodium peel, cusparia bark, dandelion, dog grass (quackgrass, triti silicate, Sodium tripolyphosphate, soybean oil (hydroge cum), elder flowers, estragole (esdragol, esdragon, estragon, nated), talc, tallow (hydrogenated), tallow flakes, tapioca tarragon), fennel (Sweet), fenugreek, galanga (galangal), starch, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, wheat starch and Zinc geranium, ginger, grapefruit, guava, hickory bark, hore chloride. hound (hoarhound), hops, horsemint, hyssop, immortelle (Helichrysum augustifolium DC), jasmine, juniper (berries), 0121 Suitable GRAS materials that are suitable for use in laurel berry and leaf, lavender, lemon, lemon grass, lemon the invention, identified as originating from either paper or peel, lime, linden flowers, locust bean, lupulin, mace, man paperboard stock materials used as Substrates in the inven darin (Citrus reticulata Blanco), marjoram, mate, menthol tion, include alum (double Sulfate of aluminum and ammo (including menthyl acetate), molasses (extract), musk (Ton nium potassium, or sodium), aluminum hydroxide, alumi quin musk), mustard, naringin, neroli (bigarade), nutmeg, num oleate, aluminum palmitate, casein, cellulose acetate, onion, orange (bitter, flowers, leaf flowers, peel), origanum, cornstarch, diatomaceous earth filler, ethyl cellulose, ethyl palmarosa, paprika, parsley, peach kernel (persic oil, pepper Vanillin, glycerin, oleic acid, potassium Sorbate, silicon (black, white), peanut (Stearine), peppermint, Peruvian bal dioxides, sodium aluminate, sodium chloride, Sodium hex sam, petitgrain lemon, petitgrain mandarin (or tangerine), ametaphosphate, Sodium hydrosulfite, sodium phospho-alu pimenta, pimenta leaf pipsissewa leaves, pomegranate, minate, Sodium silicate, sodium Sorbate, sodium tripoly prickly ash bark, quince seed, rose (absolute, attar, buds, phosphate, Sorbitol, soy protein (isolated), starch (acid flowers, fruit, hip, leaf), rose geranium, rosemary, safron, modified, pregelatinized and unmodified), talc, Vanillin, Zinc sage, St. John's bread, savory, Schinus molle (Schinus molle hydrosulfite and zinc sulfate. L), sloe berriers, spearmint, spike lavender, tamarind, tan gerine, tarragon, tea (Thea Sinensis L.), thyme, tuberose, Fragrance turmeric, vanilla, violet (flowers, leaves), wild cherry bark, 0.122 Compositions of the present invention may com ylang-ylang and Zedoary bark. prise from about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of the 0117 Suitable synthetic flavoring substances and adju fragrance oil. Compositions of the present invention may vants are listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) comprise from about 0.002% to about 2.5% by weight of the Title 21 of the United States Food and Drug Administration, fragrance oil. Compositions of the present invention may Department of Health and Human Services, Part 180.60, comprise from about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of the which is hereby incorporated by reference. These GRAS fragrance oil. materials may be present in the compositions in amounts of 0123. As used herein the term “fragrance oil relates to up to about 1% by weight, preferably in amounts of 0.01 and the mixture of perfume raw materials that are used to impart 0.5% by weight. an overall pleasant odor profile to a composition. As used 0118 Suitable synthetic flavoring substances and adju herein the term “perfume raw material' relates to any vants that are generally recognized as safe for their intended chemical compound which is odiferous when in an un use, include acetaldehyde (ethanal), acetoin (acetyl methyl entrapped State, for example in the case of pro-perfumes, the carbinol), anethole (parapropenyl anisole), benzaldehyde perfume component is considered, for the purposes of this (benzoic aldehyde), n-Butyric acid (butanoic acid), d- or invention, to be a perfume raw material, and the pro 1-carvone (carvol), cinnamaldehyde (cinnamic aldehyde), chemistry anchor is considered to be the entrapment mate citral (2,6-dimethyloctadien-2,6-al-8, gera-nial, neral), deca rial. In addition “perfume raw materials” are defined by nal (N-decylaldehyde, capraldehyde, capric aldehyde, capri materials with a ClogP value preferably greater than about naldehyde, aldehyde C-10), ethyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, 0.1, more preferably greater than about 0.5, even more 3-Methyl-3-phenyl glycidic acid ethyl ester (ethyl-methyl preferably greater than about 1.0. As used herein the term phenyl-glycidate, so-called strawberry aldehyde, C-16 alde “ClogP means the logarithm to base 10 of the octanol/water hyde), ethyl vanillin, geraniol (3,7-dimethyl-2.6 and 3.6- partition coefficient. This can be readily calculated from a US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

program called "CLOGP’ which is available from Daylight monds, circles, squares, etc. are created on the exterior Chemical Information Systems Inc., Irvine Calif., U.S.A. Surfaces of the layers and the resulting article. Octanol/water partition coefficients are described in more 0129. The cleaning substrates can be provided dry, pre detail in U.S. Pat. No. 5,578,563. moistened, or impregnated with cleaning composition, but Water dry-to-the-touch. In one aspect, dry cleaning Substrates can be provided with dry or substantially dry cleaning or disin 0.124. When the composition is an aqueous composition, fecting agents coated on or in the multicomponent multilo water can be, along with the solvent, a predominant ingre bal fiber layer. In addition, the cleaning substrates can be dient. The water should be present at a level of less than provided in a pre-moistened and/or Saturated condition. The 99.9%, more preferably less than about 99%, and most wet cleaning Substrates can be maintained over time in a preferably, less than about 98%. Deionized water is pre sealable container Such as, for example, within a bucket with ferred. Where the cleaning composition is concentrated, the an attachable lid, Sealable plastic pouches or bags, canisters, water may be present in the composition at a concentration jars, tubs and so forth. Desirably the wet, stacked cleaning of less than about 85 wt.%. Substrates are maintained in a resealable container. The use Cleaning Substrate of a resealable container is particularly desirable when using Volatile liquid compositions since Substantial amounts of 0125 The cleaning composition may be part of a clean liquid can evaporate while using the first Substrates thereby ing Substrate. A wide variety of materials can be used as the leaving the remaining Substrates with little or no liquid. cleaning substrate. The substrate should have sufficient wet Exemplary resealable containers and dispensers include, but strength, abrasivity, loft and porosity. Examples of Suitable are not limited to, those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,171,047 Substrates include, nonwoven Substrates, wovens Substrates, to Doyle et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,353,480 to McFadyen, U.S. hydroentangled Substrates, foams and sponges. Any of these Pat. No. 4,778,048 to Kaspar et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,741,944 substrates may be water-insoluble, water-dispersible, or to Jackson et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,786 to McBride et al.: water-soluble. the entire contents of each of the aforesaid references are incorporated herein by reference. The cleaning Substrates 0126. In one embodiment, the cleaning pad of the present can be incorporated or oriented in the container as desired invention comprises a nonwoven Substrate or web. The and/or folded as desired in order to improve ease of use or substrate is composed of nonwoven fibers or paper. The term removal as is known in the art. The cleaning Substrates of the nonwoven is to be defined according to the commonly present invention can be provided in a kit form, wherein a known definition provided by the “Nonwoven Fabrics Hand plurality of cleaning Substrates and a cleaning tool are book” published by the Association of the Nonwoven Fabric provided in a single package. Industry. A paper substrate is defined by EDANA (note 1 of ISO 9092-EN 29092) as a substrate comprising more than 0.130. The substrate can include both natural and syn 50% by mass of its fibrous content is made up of fibers thetic fibers. The substrate can also include water-soluble (excluding chemically digested vegetable fibers) with a fibers or water-dispersible fibers, from polymers described length to diameter ratio of greater than 300, and more herein. The substrate can be composed of suitable unmodi preferably also has density of less than 0.040 g/cm. The fied and/or modified naturally occurring fibers including definitions of both nonwoven and paper substrates do not cotton, Esparto grass, bagasse, hemp, flax, silk, wool, wood include woven fabric or cloth or sponge. The substrate can pulp, chemically modified wood pulp, jute, ethyl cellulose, be partially or fully permeable to water. The substrate can be and/or cellulose acetate. Various pulp fibers can be utilized flexible and the Substrate can be resilient, meaning that once including, but not limited to, thermomechanical pulp fibers, applied external pressure has been removed the substrate chemi-thermomechanical pulp fibers, chemi-mechanical regains its original shape. pulp fibers, refiner mechanical pulp fibers, stone ground wood pulp fibers, peroxide mechanical pulp fibers and so 0127 Methods of making nonwovens are well known in forth. the art. Generally, these nonwovens can be made by air laying, water-laying, melt blowing, coforming, spun bond 0131 Suitable synthetic fibers can comprise fibers of one, ing, or carding processes in which the fibers or filaments are or more, of polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl fluoride, polytet first cut to desired lengths from long strands, passed into a rafluoroethylene, polyvinylidene chloride, polyacrylics Such water or air stream, and then deposited onto a screen through as ORLONR), polyvinyl acetate, Rayon R, polyethylvinyl which the fiber-laden air or water is passed. The air-laying acetate, non-soluble or Soluble polyvinyl alcohol, polyole process is described in U.S. Pat. App. 2003/0036741 to Abba fins such as polyethylene (e.g., PULPEXOR) and polypropy et al. and U.S. Pat. App. 2003/0118825 to Melius et al. The lene, polyamides Such as nylon, polyesters such as resulting layer, regardless of its method of production or DACRONR) or KODEL(R), polyurethanes, polystyrenes, and composition, is then subjected to at least one of several types the like, including fibers comprising polymers containing of bonding operations to anchor the individual fibers more than one monomer. together to form a self-sustaining Substrate. In the present invention the nonwoven Substrate can be prepared by a 0.132. The cleaning substrate of this invention may be a variety of processes including, but not limited to, air multilayer laminate and may be formed by a number of entanglement, hydroentanglement, thermal bonding, and different techniques including but not limited to using adhe combinations of these processes. sive, needle punching, ultrasonic bonding, thermal calen dering and through-air bonding. Such a multilayer laminate 0128. Additionally, the first layer and the second layer, as may be an embodiment wherein some of the layers are well as additional layers, when present, can be bonded to one spunbond and some meltblown Such as a spunbond/melt another in order to maintain the integrity of the article. The blown/spunbond (SMS) laminate as disclosed in U.S. Pat. layers can be heat spot bonded together or using heat No. 4,041,203 to Brocket al. and U.S. Pat. No. 5,169,706 to generated by ultrasonic sound waves. The bonding may be Collier, et al., each hereby incorporated by reference. The arranged such that geometric shapes and patterns, e.g. dia SMS laminate may be made by sequentially depositing onto US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

a moving conveyor belt or forming wire first a spunbond a hook, hole, magnetic means, canister or other means to web layer, then a meltblown web layer and last another allow the cleaning implement to be conveniently stored spunbond layer and then bonding the laminate in a manner when not in use. described above. Alternatively, the three web layers may be made individually, collected in rolls and combined in a EXAMPLES separate bonding step. 0.136 Compositions were evaluated for their cleaning 0133. The substrate may also contain superabsorbent performance, foaming characteristics, filming and streaking materials. A wide variety of high absorbency materials (also tendency and residue formation when used on high gloss known as Superabsorbent materials) are known to those black enamel tiles. Compositions in the following tables skilled in the art. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,076,663 below are shown with all ingredients given in % active by issued Feb. 28, 1978 to Masuda et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,286, weight, the balance being deionized water present to 100 wt 082 issued Aug. 25, 1981 to Tsubakimoto et al., U.S. Pat. %. No. 4,062,817 issued Dec. 13, 1977 to Westerman, and U.S. Residue and Foaming Activity Pat. No. 4.340,706 issued Jul. 20, 1982 to Obayashi et al. The absorbent capacity of such high-absorbency materials is 0.137 Compositions shown in Table III were tested to generally many times greater than the absorbent capacity of evaluate the amount of visual residue remaining on a high fibrous materials. For example, a fibrous matrix of wood gloss black enamel tile to which a small amount of cooking pulp fluff can absorb about 7-9 grams of a liquid, (such as grease was applied. For test purposes, a set of uniformly 0.9 weight percent saline) per gram of wood pulp fluff, while treated tiles were prepared and coated with a thin uniform the high-absorbency materials can absorb at least about 15, film of bacon grease. Cleaning was performed by applying preferably at least about 20, and often at least about 25 a small amount of the cleaning composition to a standard grams of liquid. Such as 0.9 weight percent saline, per gram kitchen sponge and wiping the entire Surface of the tile of the high-absorbency material. U.S. Pat. No. 5,601,542, uniformly a set number of times, followed by reversing the issued to Melius et al., discloses an absorbent article in sponge and wiping again the same number of times with the which superabsorbent material is contained in layers of clean side, and allowing the tile to dry without further discrete pouches. Alternately, the Superabsorbent material rinsing or wiping. Foaming activity was also noted for some may be within one layer or dispersed throughout the sub example embodiments, evaluated by looking at the amount Strate. of foam generated during the wiping motion of the Sponge during tile cleaning. The high gloss tile exhibits a high shine Cleaning Implement and contrast providing a convenient means to visually determine the presence of any significant residue from either 0134. In an embodiment of the invention, the cleaning the product, remaining soil, or the overall combined clean composition may be used with a cleaning implement. In an ing residue remaining on the Surface following treatment. A embodiment of the invention, the cleaning implement com clean, untreated tile is usually positioned adjacent to the test prises the tool assembly disclosed in Co-pending application tile to aid evaluation and provide a comparison for assigning Ser. No. 10/678,033, entitled “Cleaning Tool with Gripping visual ratings. Inventive embodiments corresponding to Assembly for a Disposable Scrubbing Head’, filed Sept. 30. Examples 1-6 show good foaming and low residue charac 2003. In another embodiment of the invention, the cleaning teristics. Some foaming is a desirable attribute, as the implement comprises the tool assembly disclosed in Co perception of foam relates to perceived cleaning ability, pending application Ser. No. 10/602,478, entitled “Cleaning particularly amongst users of cleaning products, although Tool with Gripping Assembly for a Disposable Scrubbing foaming itself is not strictly necessary for acceptable clean Head’, filed Jun. 23, 2003. In another embodiment of the ing performance. Foaming activity generally increases with invention, the cleaning implement comprises the tool assem higher surfactant levels. In Table III, comparative Examples bly disclosed in Co-pending application Ser. No. 10/766, A-E, in which the level of food safe nonionic in the 179, entitled “Interchangeable Tool Heads', filed Jan. 27. compositions is present above about 0.5% by weight, exhibit 2004. In another embodiment of the invention, the cleaning unacceptable residue levels compared to the inventive com implement comprises the tool assembly disclosed in Co positions. pending application Ser. No. 10/817,606, entitled “Ergo nomic Cleaning Pad’, filed Apr. 1, 2004. In another embodi Filming and Streaking ment of the invention, the cleaning implement comprises the tool assembly disclosed in Co-pending application Ser. No. 0.138. The compositions of the invention were tested for 10/850.213, entitled “Locking, Segmented Cleaning Imple their filming and streaking characteristics by visually evalu ment Handle', filed May 19, 2004. ating the amount of residual cleaner remaining on a four by four inch black ceramic tile. First, 0.6 g of solution was 0135) In another embodiment of the invention, the clean placed on the tile, and the tile was wiped across four times ing implement comprises an elongated shaft having a handle with a paper towel. The tile was then evaluated visually for portion on one end thereof. The tool assembly may further filming and streaking on a scale indicated in Table III, in include a gripping mechanism that is mounted to the shaft to comparison to a clean, unsoiled tile. Visually, a rating of engage the removable cleaning pad. Examples of Suitable either N (no visible filming & streaking) or L (low, barely cleaning implements are found in US2003/0070246 to Cav detectable filming & streaking) corresponds to an acceptable alheiro: U.S. Pat. No. 4,455,705 to Graham; U.S. Pat. No. performance by a cleaning product, higher ratings being 5,003,659 to Paepke; U.S. Pat. No. 6,485,212 to Bomgaars unacceptable in that they correspond to readily observable et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,290,781 to Brouillet, Jr.; U.S. Pat. No. residue that denotes poor cleaning performance. The inven 5,862,565 to Lundstedt; U.S. Pat. No. 5,419,015 to Garcia; tive embodiments of the present invention containing no U.S. Pat. No. 5,140,717 to Castagliola; U.S. Pat. No. 6,611, more than about 0.5% weight actives of the food safe 986 to Seals; US2002/0007527 to Hart; and U.S. Pat. No. nonionic Surfactants exhibit acceptable foaming, cleaning 6,094,771 to Egolfetal. The cleaning implement may have and filming & streaking characteristics. US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

TABLE III -1-2-3-4-5-6-A-B-C-D-E--Lactic Acid-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-3--Ethanol-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- 1-1-1-1--Biosoft (R) LAS-0.08-0.08------Brij (R) 98-0.2-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.5-0.5-1-1.5-2- 1-2------Performance Attributes------Foaming Activity-2-4-5-5------Residue Level-L-L-L-L-L--M-M-H----Filming & Streaking

BIO-SOFT (R) LAS 40S, a sodium (C10–16) benzene sulfonate obtained from Stepan Chemical Co. Brij (R) series available from Uniquema. Determined using visible appearance evaluated on Scale. Scale: 0 = No Foam, 5 = Moderate Foam, 10 = High Foam Scale: N = No visible grease residue (equivalent to clean tile), L = Low, barely detect able residue (acceptable), M = Moderate residue (unacceptable), H = High Residue. Scale: N = No or L = Low, barely detectable filming/streaking, M = Moderate filming/ streaking (unacceptable), H = High filming streaking.

0.139. Additional embodiments of cleaning compositions 0140. Additional examples of suitable embodiments for according to the present invention are given in Table IV cleaning and disinfecting food contact Surfaces, and which below, corresponding to Examples 7-15. Additional optional ingredients are illustrated that may be formulated into the may also be incorporated onto a cleaning Substrate to treat inventive compositions to provide additional performance food preparation surfaces before and after food contact are benefits and aesthetic properties. given in Table V below, corresponding to Examples 16-24.

TABLE IV -7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15.--Lactic Acid-1-1-2-2-2-2.5-3-3-3--Ethanol-1-1-1-3-1-2- 2-Isopropanol------1--Propylene glycol n-butyl------1----Dipropylene glycol n butyl ether------1---Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate, 0.25------Brij (R) 30--0.5------Brij (R97---0.5------Brij (R. 98----0.5------Tetronic (R 304-----0.2-0.48 ----Tetronic (R) 1307------0.50----Pluronic (R) L64------0.5---Solulan-25 Anionic------0.02--Amphoteric'-----0.05-0.01--Cationic'----0.02-0.02----- Essential OiP------0.5----Nanoparticulate------0.05--Builder------0.025--Dye------0.005----Fragrance------O.O1-0.05-0.05---

Dowanol PnB (R) available from Dow Chemical. Dowanol DPnB (R) available from Dow Chemical. Tween (R) 20 available from Uniquema. All available from ICI Surfactants. All available from the BASF Corporation. An alkyl C-18 Steareth-25 available from Amerchol Corp. Sodium dodecyl diphenyloxide disulfonate, Dowfax 2A1 (R) from Dow Chemical. "Cetyl betaine from Stepan. "Barquat 4250Z (R) from Lonza Chemical. Lemon Scented Tea Tree Oil from Down Under Enterprises Clay, LAPONITE (R) RDS from Southern Clay Products. 'Sodium bicarbonate.

TABLE V -16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24--Lactic Acid-1-2-3-3-3-3-2.5-2.5-2.5-Ethanol-1-2-2-1- 2--1-2--Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate" 0.5------Polyethylene glycol (600) monolaurate--0.5------Polyethylene glycol (400) monooleate---0.25 0.5-0.5-0.5-0.25---Polyethylene glycol (400) monostearate------O.S.-O.25--- Plurafac (R) RA-20------0.5--Biocidal Agent------0.2-0.2-0.5--Essential Oil-----

---0.1-1--Builder"------0.05--0.05-0.05--Dye------0.005--Fragrance------Tween 20 (R) available from Uniquema. PEG-12 Laurate available from Spectrum Chemicals. PEG-8 Oleate available from Spectrum Chemicals. Available from JLK Industries. Nonionic C12–18 aliphatic alcohol ethylene oxide?propylene oxide copolymer from BASF Corporation. "Barquat 4250Z (R) from Lonza Chemical. Lemon Scented Tea Tree Oil from Down Under Enterprises. "Sodium bicarbonate. US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

Cleaning Performance can be established. This benchmark then corresponds to a 0141. In addition to leaving a low self residue on surfaces particular instrumental value, so that measured performance treated with the inventive compositions, Superior cleaning can be evaluated to determine whether the tested composi performance on soils normally associated with food use and tion performance is acceptable or unacceptable, or assigned preparation areas is a desirable attribute of a cleaning consistent rankings. composition. Typical Soils include food residue, food oils, 0145 Performance characteristics are determined instru cooking oils, grease, and the like that are commonly present mentally, following the Soiling and cleaning protocol on food preparation areas, include Stovetops and counter described above using black tiles Soiled with bacon grease. tops. These soils are usually removed using a heavy duty Image analysis provides a reading of between 25 units Surface cleaner, which require rinsing after use, particularly corresponding to a clean and unsoiled tile, and a reading of for food preparation areas, in order to remove excess cleaner 255 units corresponding to a Soiled and uncleaned tile, for from the Surface. When used on highly glossy Surfaces. Such determination of relative product residue (product self as glass and glazed tiles, such cleaners generally exhibit high residue) and grease cleaning residue, respectively. The over filming and streaking, requiring additional wiping steps or all cleaning residue value is determined in a similar manner, wiping with a paper towel to leave Surfaces with an accept but normalized to correspond to a scale from 0 to 100 units, able appearance free of visual residue and without filming & a value of “0” being clean and a value of “100' being soiled. streaking. Lighter duty cleaners, while providing little or no A value of about 40 units for the overall cleaning residue filming & Streaking are generally less effective in removing value has been found to correspond to an acceptable visual heavy greasy soils. threshold value: above a value of 40, overall cleaning 0142. Surprisingly, it has been found that selected food residue remaining on treated tiles is distinctly noticeable to safe nonionic Surfactants provide significantly better perfor the eye and therefore visually unacceptable; values at and mance in overall cleaning efficacy when employed at low below 40 represent visually acceptable overall cleaning levels in the acidic cleaning formulas of the present inven performance. tion. It has been found that at higher active levels, all else being equal, overall cleaning efficacy exhibited by repre 0146 Various embodiment compositions corresponding sentative compositions actually decreases. Without being to the present invention are presented in Table VI as bound by theory, it is believed that the preferred food safe Examples 25-31, together with measurements of the three nonionic Surfactants effect cleaning of greasy soils by an characteristic performance attributes. Inventive composi emulsification process rather than by solubilization, so that tions all exhibit low overall cleaning residue values, while beyond a critical level, found to be around 0.5% by weight, still providing excellent cleaning performance on greasy any increased soil removal benefit owing to increased levels soil. of the nonionic Surfactant is dramatically countered by an 0147 A comparison test composition, containing 2% by increased self residue of the nonionic surfactant itself that weight lactic acid and 1% by weight ethanol, but with no results in a significant decrease in overall cleaning efficacy. surfactant present, exhibited a product residue value of 0143 Accordingly, by means of a visual assessment of around 30.8, attributable to the baseline contribution of the total residue, owing to both non-removed soil and self lactic acid to product self-residue. Addition of up to about residue contributed by the cleaning compositions them 0.5% by weight as active of a selected food safe nonionic selves, it has been discovered that selected food safe non Surfactant according to the present invention, results in only ionic Surfactants may be employed in the inventive acidic a slight increase in product residue, demonstrated by the cleaning compositions exhibiting acceptable cleaning and inventive Examples 28 and 31 having 0.3, and 0.5% by appearance properties provided that their levels in the com weight of the indicated food safe nonionic Surfactant positions do not exceed around 0.5% by weight on an active present. When compositions containing the same nonionic basis. surfactants at levels above 0.5% by weight are tested, 0144. In evaluating cleaning performance, either the corresponding to comparative Examples F, G and H, product cleaning efficacy, being the ability of a cleaner to remove a residue increases significantly while actual cleaning perfor soil from the test tile surface, or the total residue, being the mance decreases. This results in poor overall cleaning amount of Soil and cleaner remaining on the test tile fol efficacy compared to the inventive compositions. lowing a cleaning operation can be evaluated visibly by eye and/or determined instrumentally. For improved consistency 0.148. Accordingly, in the present inventive acidic clean and reproducibility, instrumental means are generally pre ing compositions, low levels of the food safe nonionic ferred. Instrumental values may then be correlated to an Surfactants may be employed, provided that the total weight acceptable visual appearance following cleaning of a soiled % level of the nonionic does not exceed greater than 0.5% Surface that a user of the cleaning product will experience, on an active basis in cleaning compositions containing lactic so that an “acceptable' cleaning performance benchmark acid.

TABLE VI

-25-26-27-28-29-30-F-G-31-H--Lactic Acid-2-2-2-2-1.5-2.5-2.5-2.5-2-2-Ethanol-1- 1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--Brij (R) 98-0.2-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.1-0.4-0.51-0.61----Tetronic (R) 1307------0.5-1.0--Biosoft (R) S101-0.08-0.08-0.08------Performance Attributes----- Product Residue-39.9-46.5-33.9-38.9-42.4-35.9-43.1-48.9-32.8-43.2--Grease Cleaning Residue-146.1-120.4-148.2-124.3-134.2-116.9-80.0-744-155.3-170.7--Overall Cleaning Residue-34.1-34.5-22.7-35.8-35.9-35.9-43.1-48.9-27.3-47.2-- US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

TABLE VI-continued Overall Acceptability Pass/Fail -P-P-P-P-P-P-F-F-P-F-- A linear alkylbenzene Sulfonic acid available from Stepan Chemical Co. A visual threshold occurs at an overall cleaning residue value of around 40.0 units, cleaned tiles receiving a passing score at or below this value, and a failing score at val ues about this, when overall cleaning residue becomes visibly unacceptable.

Wetting Characteristics and modifications to the invention to adapt it to various 014.9 The ability of the inventive compositions to wet usages and conditions. As such, these changes and modifi and spread across a Surface during cleaning and treatment cations are properly, equitably, and intended to be, within the may be improved by use of an additional surfactant. Pre full range of equivalence of the following claims. ferred for use on food contact and food preparation areas are We claim: those anionic Surfactants approved for food usage applica 1. A cleaning composition comprising: tions. Addition of a small amount with respect to the food safe nonionic is sufficient, so that levels wherein the ratio of a. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid; the additional anionic Surfactant to the nonionic Surfactant is b. O. 1 to 0.5% by weight of a food safe nonionic less than about 0.5. Wetting ability can be readily deter Surfactant selected from the group consisting of non mined by measuring the equilibrium contact angle formed ionic polyoxyalkylene condensates derivatized with by a drop of a liquid cleaner placed onto the Surface, and fatty alkyl ethers, nonionic block copolymers derived measuring the receding angle of the droplet at the interface from polyethylene and polypropylene derivatized with of the cleaner and Surface of a selected Substrate, such as glycol radicals, nonionic tetrafunctional block copoly glass or plastic. Drop shape analysis, whereby a magnified mers terminating in primary hydroxyl groups, poloX image of the droplet on the Surface is captured and fitted amines, nonionic copolymers of ethylene oxide and provides the most accurate measurement of equilibrium propylene oxide block copolymers with terminal Sec contact angle. Table VII presents contact angles for some ondary hydroxyl groups, nonionic difunctional block selected embodiments of the present invention, Examples copolymers of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene 32-36, compared to a control Example I free of any food safe with terminal primary hydroxyl groups, nonionic nonionic Surfactant. difunctional block copolymers of polyoxyethylene and 0150 Results show that addition of a selected anionic polyoxypropylene with terminal secondary hydroxyl Surfactant provides significantly improved wetting, owing to groups, nonionic polymer condensates of polyethylene a large decrease in equilibrium contact angle, on both glass glycol and fatty acids selected from lauric, myristic, and plastic (PVC) substrates, for inventive compositions palmitic, Stearic, oleic, linoleic and mixtures thereof, containing additional anionic Surfactant. In the absence of polyalkylene oxide derivatives of sorbitan, polyalky the food safe nonionic Surfactant, Example I, poor wetting lene oxide sorbitol aliphatic esters, polyalkylene oxide characteristics are observed as well as poor cleaning per derivatives of Sucrose, polyalkylene oxide Sucrose formance. esters, and combinations thereof; c. 0.1 to 5% by weight of a solvent; and TABLE VII d. 0 to 0.25% by weight of an additional surfactant 32 33 34 35 36 I Selected from the group consisting of anionic, cationic, ampholytic, amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactants, Lactic Acid 2 2 2 2 3 2 Ethanol and combinations thereof; wherein the ratio of said additional surfactant to said food Poloxamer 182 O.1 O.1 O.2 O.3 O.3 BioSoft (R) S101 O.04 O.08 O.08 O.08 O.08 O.04 safe nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5. Performance 1. The composition of claim 1, wherein said food safe Attributes nonionic Surfactant is selected from the group consisting of Contact Angle 2.30 1.6 3.2 2.4° 3.4° 10.7 30-polyoxyethylene (4) lauryl ether, polyoxyethylene (23) Glass lauryl ether, 52-polyoxyethylene (2) cetyl ether, polyoxy Contact Angle' 45.8 41.9° 44.7° 42.4° 41.7° S9.8 ethylene (20) cetyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) stearyl ether, Plastic polyoxyethylene (20) stearyl ether, polyoxyethylene (2) Wetting P P P P P F oleyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) oleyl ether, polyoxyethyl Pass. Fail ene (20) oleyl ether, alkyl C-18Steareth-10, alkyl C-18 Synperonic (R) PE-L62, a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block Steareth-16, poloxamer 124, poloxamer 181, poloxamer copolymer, having a MW of about 2500, available from Uniquema. Equilibrium contact angle on clean glass or polyvinylchloride (PVC) sub 184, poloxamer 188, poloxamer 188, poloxamer 237, polox Strate. amer 331, poloxamer 338, poloxamer 407, polyethylene Wetting acceptable (Pass) if both Glass <10° and Plastic <50°. glycol (400) monolaurate, polyethylene glycol (600) mono laurate, polyethylene glycol (400) monooleate, polyethylene 0151. Without departing from the spirit and scope of this glycol (600) monooleate, polyethylene glycol (400) invention, one of ordinary skill can make various changes monostearate, polyethylene glycol (600) monostearate, al US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

pha-alkyl (C10-C14)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene)- oxide derivatives of sorbitan, polyalkylene oxide sorbitol poly(oxypropylene), alpha-alkyl (C12-C18)-omega-hy aliphatic esters, polyalkylene oxide derivatives of Sucrose, droxypoly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene), alpha-(p- polyalkylene oxide Sucrose esters, and combinations nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), alpha thereof. lauroyl-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), alpha 11. The composition of claim 7, wherein said food safe alkyl (C11-C15)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), nonionic Surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alpha-alkyl (C12-C15)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethyl 30-polyoxyethylene (4) lauryl ether, polyoxyethylene (23) ene)-polyoxypropylene, alkyl (C12-C15) monoether of lauryl ether, 52-polyoxyethylene (2) cetyl ether, polyoxy mixed (ethylene-propylene)polyalkylene glycol, alpha-(p- ethylene (20) cetyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) stearyl ether, nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), poly polyoxyethylene (20) stearyl ether, polyoxyethylene (2) (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)-alpha-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbu oleyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) oleyl ether, polyoxyethyl tyl)phenyl-omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene), and ene (20) oleyl ether, alkyl C-18 Steareth-10, alkyl C-18 combinations thereof. Steareth-16, poloxamer 124, poloxamer 181, poloxamer 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition 184, poloxamer 188, poloxamer 188, poloxamer 237, polox impregnates a porous or absorbent nonwoven sheet. amer 331, poloxamer 338, poloxamer 407, polyethylene 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein said solvent glycol (400) monolaurate, polyethylene glycol (600) mono comprises a monohydric alcohol. laurate, polyethylene glycol (400) monooleate, polyethylene 4. The composition of claim 4, wherein said solvent glycol (600) monooleate, polyethylene glycol (400) comprises food grade ethanol. monostearate, polyethylene glycol (600) monostearate, al 5. The composition of claim 1, wherein said additional pha-alkyl (C10-C14)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene)- Surfactant comprises an anionic Surfactant selected from the poly(oxypropylene), alpha-alkyl (C12-C18)-omega-hy group consisting of sodium lauryl Sulfate, sodium dodecyl droxypoly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene), alpha-(p- Sulfate, linear alkyl Sulfonate, linear alkylbenzene Sulfonate, nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene), alpha and mixtures thereof. lauroyl-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), alpha 6. A cleaning composition for use on a food contact alkyl (C11-C15)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), Surface comprising: alpha-alkyl (C12-C15)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethyl ene)-polyoxypropylene, alkyl (C12-C15) monoether of a. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid; mixed (ethylene-propylene)polyalkylene glycol, alpha-(p- b. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of a food safe nonionic surfac nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene), poly tant; (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)-alpha-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbu tyl)phenyl-omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene), and c. up to 5% by weight of a solvent; and combinations thereof. d. 0.01 to 0.25% by weight of an additional surfactant 12. The composition of claim 7, wherein said composition comprising a food grade anionic Surfactant selected additionally comprises an essential oil. from the group consisting of Sodium lauryl Sulfate, 13. The composition of claim 7, wherein said composition Sodium dodecyl Sulfate, linear alkyl Sulfonate, linear has a pH of 7 or less. alkylbenzene sulfonate, and mixtures thereof; 14. The composition of claim 7, wherein said composition wherein the ratio of said additional surfactant to said food impregnates a porous or absorbent nonwoven sheet. safe nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5. 15. The composition of claim 7, wherein said composition 7. The cleaning composition of claim 7 further comprising additionally comprises hydrogen peroxide. 0.1 to 5% by weight of a solvent. 16. A cleaning Substrate impregnated with a cleaning 8. The cleaning composition of claim 8 wherein said composition comprising: Solvent is selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols, ethylene glycol ethers, propylene glycol ethers, a. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid; diethylene glycol ethers, dipropylene glycol ethers, tripro pylene glycol ethers, and combinations thereof. b. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of a food safe nonionic surfac 9. The cleaning composition of claim 9 wherein said tant; Solvent is food grade ethanol. c. up to 5% by weight of a solvent; and 10. The composition of claim 7, wherein said food safe nonionic Surfactant is selected from the group consisting of d. 0.01 to 0.25% by weight of an additional surfactant nonionic polyoxyalkylene condensates derivatized with Selected from the group consisting of anionic, cationic, fatty alkyl ethers, nonionic block copolymers derived from ampholytic, amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactants, polyethylene and polypropylene derivatized with glycol and combinations thereof; radicals, nonionic tetrafunctional block copolymers termi nating in primary hydroxyl groups, poloxamines, nonionic wherein the ratio of said additional surfactant to said food copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block safe nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5. copolymers with terminal secondary hydroxyl groups, non 17. The cleaning substrate of claim 17, wherein said food ionic difunctional block copolymers of polyoxyethylene and safe nonionic Surfactant is selected from the group consist polyoxypropylene with terminal primary hydroxyl groups, ing of 30-polyoxyethylene (4) lauryl ether, polyoxyethylene nonionic difunctional block copolymers of polyoxyethylene (23) lauryl ether, 52-polyoxyethylene (2) cetyl ether, poly and polyoxypropylene with terminal secondary hydroxyl oxyethylene (20) cetyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) stearyl groups, nonionic polymer condensates of polyethylene gly ether, polyoxyethylene (20) stearyl ether, polyoxyethylene col and fatty acids selected from lauric, myristic, palmitic, (2) oleyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) oleyl ether, polyoxy Stearic, oleic, linoleic and mixtures thereof, polyalkylene ethylene (20) oleyl ether, alkyl C-18 Steareth-10, alkyl C-18 US 2006/02932O2 A1 Dec. 28, 2006

Steareth-16, poloxamer 124, poloxamer 181, poloxamer 19. The method of claim 19, wherein said food safe 184, poloxamer 188, poloxamer 188, poloxamer 237, polox cleaning composition comprises: amer 331, poloxamer 338, poloxamer 407, polyethylene a. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid; glycol (400) monolaurate, polyethylene glycol (600) mono laurate, polyethylene glycol (400) monooleate, polyethylene b. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight food safe nonionic surfactant glycol (600) monooleate, polyethylene glycol (400) Selected from the group consisting of 30-polyoxyeth monostearate, polyethylene glycol (600) monostearate, al ylene (4) lauryl ether, polyoxyethylene (23) lauryl pha-alkyl (C10-C14)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene)- ether, 52-polyoxyethylene (2) cetyl ether, polyoxyeth poly(oxypropylene), alpha-alkyl (C12-C18)-omega-hy ylene (20) cetyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) stearyl droxypoly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene), alpha-(p- ether, polyoxyethylene (20) stearyl ether, polyoxyeth nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), alpha ylene (2) oleyl ether, polyoxyethylene (10) oleyl ether, lauroyl-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), alpha polyoxyethylene (20) oleyl ether, alkyl C-18 Steareth alkyl (C11-C15)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), 10, alkyl C-18 Steareth-16, poloxamer 124, poloxamer alpha-alkyl (C12-C15)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethyl 181, poloxamer 184, poloxamer 188, poloxamer 188, ene)-polyoxypropylene, alkyl (C12-C15) monoether of poloxamer 237, poloxamer 331, poloxamer 338, polox mixed (ethylene-propylene)polyalkylene glycol, alpha-(p- amer 407, polyethylene glycol (400) monolaurate, nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), poly polyethylene glycol (600) monolaurate, polyethylene (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)-alpha-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbu glycol (400) monooleate, polyethylene glycol (600) monooleate, polyethylene glycol (400) monostearate, tyl)phenyl-omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene), and polyethylene glycol (600) monostearate, alpha combinations thereof. alkyl (C10-C14)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxyethylene)- 18. A method of treating a food contact surface to remove poly(oxypropylene), alpha-alkyl (C12-C18)-omega residues and render the surface suitable for contact with hydroxypoly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene), ingestible food items comprising: alpha)-(p-nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy a. applying to said food contact Surface by means of ethylene), alpha-lauroyl-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy spraying or wiping a food safe cleaning composition ethylene), alpha-alkyl (C11-C15)-omega-hydroxy comprising: poly(Oxyethylene), alpha-alkyl (C12-C15)-omega hydroxypoly(oxyethylene)-polyoxypropylene, alkyl i. 1 to 5% by weight lactic acid; (C12-C15) monoether of mixed (ethylene-propylene ii. 0.1 to 0.5% by weight food safe nonionic surfactant; )polyalkylene glycol, alpha-(p-nonylphenyl)- omega-hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene), poly(oxy-1,2- iii. 0 to 0.25% of an additional surfactant selected from ethanediyl)-alpha)-(1,1,3,3- the group consisting of anionic, cationic, ampholytic, tetramethylbutyl)phenyl-omega amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactants, and combi nations thereof, and hydroxypoly(oxyethylene), and combinations thereof; ... up to 5% by weight solvent; and iv. up to 5% by weight of a solvent; d. 0.01 to 0.25% of an additional surfactant selected from wherein the ratio of additional surfactant to food safe the group consisting of anionic, cationic, ampholytic, nonionic Surfactant is less than 0.5; amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactants, and combina tions thereof. b. wiping said composition uniformly across said surface 21. The method of claim 19, wherein said additional to expose Surface to said cleaning composition; Surfactant comprises an anionic Surfactant selected from the c. leaving said composition in contact with Surface for at group consisting of Sodium lauryl Sulfate, sodium dodecyl least 30 seconds; and Sulfate, linear alkyl Sulfonate, linear alkylbenzene Sulfonate, d. removing excess cleaning composition from Surface by and mixtures thereof. additional wiping or allowing the Surface to dry. k k k k k