Detergent composition containing suds boosting co-surfactant and suds stabilizing surface active polymer

A detergent composition comprising:

• a. from about 0.2% to about 6% by weight of a suds boosting co-surfactant selected from the group consisting of one or more surfactants having the following formula (I):
• R—O—(CH2CH2O)nSO3−M+ (I)
• wherein R is a branched or unbranched alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 16 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 0 to 3, M is a cation of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium;
• b. from about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of a surface active polymer having the following properties:
• (i) the surface tension of a 39 ppm polymer solution in distilled water is from about 40 mN/m to about 65 mN/m as measured at 25° C. by a tensiometer;
• and
• (ii) the viscosity of a 500 ppm polymer solution in distilled water is from about 0.0009 to about 0.003 Pa·S as measured at 25° C. by a rheometer;
• c. from about 6% to about 15% by weight of a main surfactant system comprising one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant other than the suds boosting co-surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant and a zwitterionic surfactant;
• wherein said detergent composition comprises less than 20% by weight of total surfactant and less than 15% by weight of a builder selected from the group consisting of a phosphate, an aluminosilicate and a mixture thereof.