Liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition comprising linear and branched alkyl anionic surfactant mixture

A liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition comprising:

• A) from about 1% to about 60% by weight of the total composition of a surfactant system comprising an anionic surfactant mixture and a co-surfactant, wherein:
• (i) the average alkyl chain length of the anionic surfactant mixture is from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms;
• (ii) when the anionic surfactant mixture is branched and ethoxylated, the anionic surfactant mixture has a weight average degree of branching of from about 5% to about 22% and an average degree of ethoxylation of less than about 5;
• (iii) the anionic surfactant mixture consists of a mixture of linear alkyl sulfate, branched alkyl sulfate, linear alkyl ethoxy sulfate, and branched alkyl ethoxy sulfate, wherein from about 90% to less than about 100% by weight of the branched alkyl sulfate and branched alkyl ethoxy sulfate is branched alkyl sulfate and from greater than 0% to about 10% by weight of the branched alkyl sulfate and branched alkyl ethoxy sulfate is branched alkyl ethoxy sulfate;
• and
• (iv) the co-surfactant is selected from the group consisting of an amphoteric surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, and a mixture thereof;
• (v) wherein the weight ratio of the anionic surfactant mixture to the co-surfactant is from about 1:1 to about 8:1.