Claims
- 1. A high sudsing, spontaneous grease emulsifying light-duty liquid or gel dishwashing detergent composition consisting essentially of weight:
- a) from about 10% to about 70% of detergent surfactant consisting essentially of mixtures of
- i) at least about 4% of nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxy fatty acid amides; and
- ii) anionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of C.sub.8-22 alkyl ether sulfates;
- b) from about 8% to about 25% of a C.sub.12 to C.sub.16 amine oxide of the formula: ##STR8## wherein R1 is a C.sub.12-16 alkyl, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are methyl or ethyl; in an amine oxide to said detergent surfactant ratio of from about 2:1 to about 1:3; and optionally:
- c) from about 1% to about 10% suds booster;
- d) from about 0.001% to about 5% of active enzyme; and
- e) from about 0.01% to about 4% magnesium of calcium ions or mixtures thereof.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the suds booster is present and is selected from the group consisting of betaines, ethylene oxide condensates, fatty acid amides, sultaines, complex betaines, cationic surfactants and mixtures thereof.
- 3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the pH is between about 6 and about 9.
- 4. The composition of claim 3 wherein said magnesium or calcium ions or mixtures thereof is present.
- 5. The composition of claim 4 wherein the magnesium or calcium ions are added as a salt selected from the group consisting of hydroxide, oxide, chloride, formate, acetate, and mixtures thereof.
- 6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the active enzyme is present.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/466,947, filed on Jun. 6, 1995, now abandoned; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/187,254, filed on Jan. 25, 1994, now abandoned.
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