is from about 5 1 to about 7 1 the synthetic detergent constituent of the bar compositions of the invention can be designated as being a detergent from the class consisting of anionic nonionic ampholytic and zwitterionic synthetic detergents examples of suitable synthetic detergents for use herein are those described in u s pat no 3 351 558 issued nov 7 1967 at column 6 line 70 to column 7 line 74 incorporated herein by reference preferred herein are the water soluble salts of organic sulfonic acids and of aliphatic sulfuric acid esters that is water soluble salts of organic sulfuric reaction products having in the molecular structure an alkyl radical of from 10 to 22 carbon atoms and a radical selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acid and sulfuric acid ester radicals synthetic sulfate detergents of special interest are the normally solid alkali metal salts of sulfuric acid esters of normal primary aliphatic alcohols having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms thus the sodium and potassium salts of alkyl sulfuric acids obtained from the mixed higher alcohols derived by the reduction of tallow or by the reduction of coconut oil palm kernel oil babassu kernel oil or other oils of.