melt additives used in the invention are an admixture of hydroxy phenols and polyethylene glycols examples of melt additives used are commercially available from techmer pm california under the product designations ppm 11211 ppm 11249 ppm 11212 ppm 11267 and ppm 11268 this active or functional chemical is provided in a carrier resin preferably polyolefin such as polypropylene or polyethylene of a given melt flow rate mfr suitable for meltblowing spunbonding or staple fiber manufacture accordingly the formulations have different melt flow rates depending on the end use applications the mfr listed in the formulations below were measured at 230 u00b0 c 2 16 kg melt blown grade polypropylene resins typically have a much higher melt flow rate mfr 800 u2013 1200 whereas spunbond and staple fiber grade polypropylene resins have a lower melt flow rate mfr 7 u2013 35 the base chemicals in the formulations include durable hydrophilic materials or non durable hydrophilic materials depending on the desired wettability properties and end use applications the non durable hydrophilic materials provide initial wetting of the fibers to enhance and maximize incorporation of the durable hydrophilic materials the durable hydrophilic materials impart the wettability and strength properties to the fiber materials for melt blown nonwoven structures the fiber forming polymer suitably contains from about 1 to about 20 by weight of the active durable hydrophilic additive for spunbond webs and nonwoven webs containing staple fibers the fibers can suitably contain from about 1 to about 15 by weight of the active durable hydrophilic additive a small proportion of a non durable hydrophilic additive may optionally also be included the hydrophilic melt additives can be used in the following exemplary forms of nonwovens namely meltblown spunbond wet laid dry laid or a combination.