Joseph Greco, Morristown, NJ; David Gubernick, Cherry Hill, NJ; and Claudia Massiel Montoya, Princeton, NJ.
Assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO.

Filed: 3/7/11
Issued: 9/12/17

An absorbent article comprising: an absorbent article length; an absorbent article width; a body facing surface; a liquid permeable cover layer; a liquid impermeable barrier layer; an absorbent core arranged between the cover layer and the barrier layer, the absorbent core, the absorbent core having an absorbent core length and an absorbent core width that are less than the absorbent article length and the absorbent article width, respectively, the absorbent core comprising: a first absorbent layer; a second absorbent layer; and a superabsorbent polymer and adhesive mixture arranged between the first absorbent layer and the second absorbent layer, the core comprising between about 50% and 98% of the superabsorbent polymer and between about 2% and about 50% of the adhesive, the superabsorbent polymer and adhesive mixture is free from fibrous material; and a buffer composition capable of adjusting a pH of body fluids having a natural pH of from about 3.0 to about 8.0 to an adjusted pH of between 4.6 and 6.3 at the body facing surface of the article after such body fluid is absorbed by the absorbent article, the buffer composition arranged between said first absorbent layer and the second absorbent layer, wherein the buffer composition, in its dry state, does not contact the cover layer, wherein the buffer composition is in an amount of about 0.1 g to about 5.0 g, wherein a location of the buffer composition has a color different from the remainder of the absorbent article to visually communicate a skin health benefit, the coloring including ink provided only in a region having the buffer composition such that the color viewable from the body facing surface.