New dishwasher detergent enzyme

[rolls_rapide]

Dated from 2019:

https://cen.acs.org/business/consumer-products/Updating-innovation-cleaning-product-industry/97/i8

'Henkel’s first prize for laundry and home care innovation went to a new enzyme, licheninase, that the Danish enzyme maker Novozymes developed for Henkel’s Somat automatic dish-washing detergent line.'

'The new enzyme, for example, breaks down hemicellulose-containing fibrous materials, such as those found in oats or cereal, that can be hard to remove from dishes and silverware. Novozymes came up with the enzyme, never before used in detergents, exclusively for Henkel and will supply it to the German firm alone for a certain period of time, according to Müller-Kirschbaum.'

I'm aware that Reckitt-Benckiser toyed with the Cellulase enzyme in one of their Finish 'Quantum' formulations years ago.

Separately:

'One of two second prizes went to BASF for a keratin polymer technology, first used in personal care products, that can be added to light-duty laundry detergents to strengthen garment fibers.'

I'm assuming that the light-duty detergent would be suitable for 'Wool & Silk'.

 

[mralex]

Interesting!

I wonder if or when we'll see it in U.K, also interesting to see how much of a difference it would make compared to the standard dishwasher detergent

 

[logixx]

Well, they must have either dropped it or it goes by another name but I haven't found Licheninase in any of the Somat or Persil formulas yet.

 

[rolls_rapide]

"either dropped it or it goes by another name..."

I wondered about that too as I couldn't see it listed either.

However, SOMAT Gold 12 Lemon & Lime seems to have two instances of Protease, and one Amylase enzyme.

As does SOMAT 10 All-in-One:

 PROTEASE
 PROTEASE
 AMYLASE

Wikipaedia mentions 'Bacillus subtilis lichenase'. So, it is possible that they've hidden it as a generic 'protease'.