Light duty liquid cleaning compositions and methods of manufacture and use thereof

1. An acidic surfactant based cleaning composition comprising a surfactant combination, and 1 to 3% by weight of at least one organic acid,

the surfactant combination consists of:

(i) sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, which is present in an amount of about 3 wt. % to about 20 wt. % or about 2 wt. % to about 9 wt. % by weight of the total composition,

(ii) sodium lauryl ether sulfate with about two EO units, which is present in an amount of about 3 wt. % to about 20 wt. % or about 5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % by weight of the total composition,

(iii) laurylamidopropyl betaine, which is present in an amount of about 1 wt. % to about 8 wt. % by weight of the total composition,

wherein the composition exhibits at feast one of the following:

(i) an acute oral toxicity of about >5000 mg/kg,

(ii) an acute dermal toxicity of about >5000 mg/kg,

(iii) an acute eye irritation of slight corneal opacity and reversible eye irritation within 7 days, and/or

(iv) an acute dermal irritation of moderate irritation at 72 hours that is reversible; and the composition is dermal non-sensitizer.

2. The acidic surfactant based cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein the organic acid is lactic acid.

3. A method of cleaning a surface comprising contacting the surface with a composition of claim 1 .

4. The acidic surfactant based cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein the organic acid is at least one organic acid chosen from lactic acid, formic acid, citric acid, sorbic acid, acetic acid, glycolic acid, propanoic acid, propionic acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, malonic acid, and glycolic acid.

5. The acidic surfactant based cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition exhibits all of the following:

(i) an acute oral toxicity of about >5000 mg/kg,

(ii) an acute dermal toxicity of about >5000 mg/kg,

(iii) an acute eye irritation of slight corneal opacity and reversible eye irritation within 7 days, and

(iv) an acute dermal irritation of moderate irritation at 72 hours that is reversible; and the composition is dermal non-sensitizer.

6. The acidic surfactant based cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant combination is one of:

i) about 3.7 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 12 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 3.4 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

ii) about 8.4 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 9.2 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 1.5 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

iii) about 5.8 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 19.6 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 6.6 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

iv) about 8.5 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 17.9 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 5.4 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

v) about 8.4 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 9.3 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 1.5 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

vi) about 3.7 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 12.1 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 3.4 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

vii) about 5.75 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 19.6 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 6.6 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

viii) about 5.3 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 5.8 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 0.1 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

ix) about 2.3 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 7.6 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 2.2 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

x) about 12.7 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 13.7 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 5.6 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

xi) about 4 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 13 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 3.7 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

xii) about 5.7 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 18.9 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 5.4 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine,

xiii) about 10 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 21 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 3.6 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine, or

xiv) about 6.4 wt. % sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, about 24.6 wt. % sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and about 3.6 wt. % laurylamidopropyl betaine.

7. The acidic surfactant based cleaning composition of claim 6 , wherein the organic acid comprises lactic acid.

8. The acidic surfactant based cleaning composition of claim 7 , wherein the lactic acid is present at 2 wt. %.