How to Manufacture Detergents (Detergent Manufacturing Business, Cleaning Products, Formulas, Detergent Production Line, Detergent making Ingredients, Formulations of Detergent, Process, Synthetic Detergent Powder) A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with 'cleaning properties in dilute solutions. Detergents, as a constituent of the overall FMCG industry, accounts for a near 12% of the total demand for all FMCG products estimated at over Rs.