Foaming surfactant compositions

A foaming composition comprising

• (1) an alkylpolysaccharide surfactant having the formula RO(R.sup.1 O).sub.t (Z).sub.x wherein Z is a moiety derived from a reducing saccharide containing from 5 to 6 carbon atoms and wherein R is an alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxy alkylphenyl or hydroxyalkyl hydrophobic group or mixtures thereof in which said alkyl groups contain from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.1 contains from 2 to about 4 carbon atoms;
• t is from 0 to about 30;
• and x is a number from about 1.5 to about 10;
• (2) an anionic cosurfactant selected from the group consisting of sulfates, sulfonates, carboxylates and mixtures thereof neutralized with one or more cationic moieties, the ratio of (2) to (1) being from about 1:10 to about 10:1;
• and
• (3) from about 2% to about 10% of an auxiliary foam booster selected from the group consisting of:
• (a) amides having the formula ##STR3## wherein R.sup.7 is an alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and each R.sup.8 is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1-3 alkyl, C.sub.1-3 alkanol, and --(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O--).sub.1-4 H groups and mixtures thereof;
• (b) amine oxides having the formula:
• ##STR4## wherein R.sup.4 is an alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, each R.sup.5 contains from two or three carbon atoms, b is from 0 to about 30, each R.sup.6 is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-3 alkyl, C.sub.1-3 alkanol, and --(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.1-6 H groups and mixtures thereof;
• and
• (c) mixtures thereof.