US Patent No. 9,907,742 B2; The Procter & Gamble Company has patented a consumer goods product comprising a consumer goods product ingredient and a non-cross linked functionalized lignin oligomer. The functionalized lignin oligomer has an average number of lignin monomers of from about 3 to about 8; comprises a polyethylene glycol functional group; and comprises a functionalization content between about 90 and about 0.5% lignin (m/m). The product ingredient is an emulsifier, and the lignin ...