Claims
- 1. An automatic dishwashing detergent composition consisting essentially of by weight:
- (a) from about 0.1% to about 4.0% of a C.sub.11-16 secondary soap;
- (b) from about 0.5% to about 2% of a C.sub.12-16 amine oxide;
- (c) from about 0.1% to about 10% nonionic surfactant which does not foam selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, and polybutylene oxide condensates of alkyl phenols, condensation products of aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide, condensation products of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol; and mixtures thereof;
- (d) from about 2% to about 30% of detergency builder selected from the groups consisting of phosphates, carboxylates, polycarboxylates and mixtures thereof; and
- (e) from about 0.01% to about 4% active protease enzyme, active amylase enzyme and mixtures thereof;
- wherein said composition has a pH in a 0.1% to 0.4% water solution of between about 8 and about 13.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the pH is from about 11 to 13.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition further consists essentially of from about 2% to about 30% sodium carbonate.
- 4. The composition of any of claims 1, 2, and 3 wherein the level of amine oxide is from about 0.5% to 1%.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/466,944, filed on Jun. 6, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/187,255, filed on Jan. 25, 1994, now abandoned.
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