Comprising anionic surfactant polymeric nonionic surfactant and betaine surfactant

A high sudsing liquid dishwashing detergent composition containing by weight:

• (a) from about 5% to about 50% anionic surfactant;
• (b) from about 0.1% to about 10% of polymeric surfactant selected from the group consisting of:
• [R.sup.1 --R.sup.2 O--.sub.n --R.sup.3 O--.sub.m ].sub.y [R.sup.4 ]
• wherein each R.sup.1 is hydrogen, wherein each R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 is an alkylene group containing from two to about six carbon atoms with no more than about 90% of said molecule comprising R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 groups containing two carbon atoms;
• wherein R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene groups containing from one to about 18 carbon atoms and having from two to about six valences, ##STR11## (.dbd.NR.sup.2 N.dbd.), and .dbd.N--R.sup.2 NH--.sub.x, wherein n is from 0 to about 500, m is from 0 to about 500, n+m is from about 5 to about 1000, x is from about 2 to about 50, and y is from two to about 50 and equal to the valences of R.sup.4, and z is from 1 to about 6, and the product of z and x is from 2 to about 50;
• R.sup.1 --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.x --R.sup.2 --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --.sub.y OR.sup.1
• where:
• R.sup.1 is H, or CH.sub.3, or CH.sub.3 (CH.sub.2).sub.n, or unsaturated analogues
• where:
• n=1-17
• each of x and y=2-500
• R.sup.2 .dbd.O(CH.sub.2).sub.z or unsaturated analogue of these where z=1-18;
• ##STR12## where:
• R.sup.3 is sulfate or sulfonate
• R.sup.4 is nothing or --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --.sub.B
• A is 5-500
• B<A/2;
• ##STR13## wherein X is from 8-17, and Y is from 4-14;
• and ##STR14## wherein X is from 7.5-16, and Y is about 2.75;
• (c) from about 1/2% to about 15% of betaine surfactant having the general formula:
• ##STR15## wherein R is a hydrophobic group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups containing from about 10 to about 22 carbon atoms, alkyl aryl and aryl alkyl groups containing a similar number of carbon atoms with a benzene ring being treated as an equivalent to about 2 carbon atoms, similar structures in which the alkyl group is interrupted by amido, ether or ester linkages, and mixtures thereof, each R.sup.5 is an alkyl group containing from 1 to about 3 carbon atoms;
• and R.sup.6 is an alkylene group containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms;
• (d) from 0% to about 10% of a suds stabilizing nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of fatty acid amides trialkyl amine oxides and mixtures thereof;
• (e) from 0% to about 10% of a detergency builder selected from inorganic phosphates, inorganic polyphosphates, inorganic silicates, and inorganic carbonates, organic carboxylates, organic phosphonates and mixtures thereof;
• (f) from 0% to about 15% alkanol containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms;
• and
• (g) from about 20% to about 90% water, the ratio of anionic surfactant to betaine surfactant being from about 2:1 to about 80:1 and the ratio of betaine surfactant to polymeric surfactant being greater than about 7:1.