Liquid cleaning compositions comprising 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3 propanediol

A clear liquid cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight:

• (a) 0.5% to 40% of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a sulfonate surfactant, an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated nonionic surfactant, a C8-C18 ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate surfactant, an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, amine oxides and C8-C15 fatty acid monoalkanol amides and mixtures thereof.
• (b) 0.005% to 0.5% of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3 propanediol preservative;
• (c) 0.005% to 0.5% of a preservative potentiator such as sodium gluconate;
• and
• (d) the balance being water wherein the compositions do not contain choline chloride or buffering system which is a nitrogenious buffer which is ammonium or alkaline earth carbonate, guanidine derivates, alkoxylakyl amines and alkyleneamines C3-C7 alkyl and alkenyl monobasic and dibasic acids such as C4-C7 aliphatic carboxylic diacids which do not contain hydroxy group, phosphoric acid, amino alkylene phosphonic acid and the composition is pourable and is not a gel.