Cleaning composition
A hand dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a surfactant system including an anionic surfactant and an amine oxide co-surfactant wherein the weight ratio of the surfactant system to the amine oxide is from about 1.5:1 to about 4.5:1 and wherein the composition further includes a protease and an enzyme stabilizer selected from the group consisting of: potassium salts of halides, sulfates, sulfites, carbonates, hydrogencarbonates, nitrates, nitrites, phosphates, formates, acetates, propionates, citrates, maleates, tartarates, succinates, oxalates and lactates; a peptide aldehyde, peptide ketone, a hydrosulfite adduct thereof; a phenyl boronic acid, a derivative thereof and mixtures thereof.
1. A hand dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a surfactant system comprising an alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactant and an amine oxide co-surfactant wherein the weight ratio of the alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactant to the amine oxide is from about 1:1 to about 5:1 and wherein the composition further comprises a protease and an enzyme stabilizer, wherein the enzyme stabilizer comprises potassium acetate.
2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the surfactant system to the amine oxide is from about 1.5:1 to about 4.5:1.
3. The composition according to claim 1 comprising from about 10 to about 30% by weight of the composition of alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactant and from about 2.5 to about 10% by weight of the composition of amine oxide.
4. The composition according to claim 1 further comprising a zwitterionic surfactant.
5. The composition according to claim 4 wherein the zwitterionic surfactant is a betaine surfactant.
6. The composition according to claim 5 wherein the betaine surfactant is a cocoamidopropylbetaine surfactant.
7. The composition according to claim 5 wherein the weight ratio of amine oxide to betaine is from about 2:1 to about 1:2.
8. The composition according to claim 1 comprising at least about 0.05% by weight of the composition of the enzyme stabilizer.
9. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the level of protease is from about 0.0001 to about 1% by weight of the composition.
10. The composition according to claim 1 comprising an additional enzyme selected from amylase, lipase and mixtures thereof.
11. The composition according to claim 1 comprising from about 1 ppm to about 100 ppm of hydrogen peroxide.
12. The composition according to claim 11 comprising a catalase.
13. The composition according to claim 1 comprising:
i) from about 10 to about 30% by weight of the composition of alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactant;
ii) from about 2.5 to about 10% by weight of the composition of amine oxide;
iii) from about 2.5 to about 10% by weight of the composition of betaine;
iv) from about 0.001 to about 0.5% by weight of the composition of a protease;
v) from about 0.05 to about 1% by weight of the composition of potassium acetate; and
vi) an additional enzyme selected from the group consisting of amylase, lipase and mixtures thereof.