A concentrated neutral biodegradable detergent composition comprising: a surfactant system comprising one or more nonionic surfactants, said nonionic surfactants comprising a primary or a secondary alcohol ethoxylate, an alcohol alkoxylate other than said ethoxylate, an aromatic ethoxylate, a modified ethoxylate, or a block polymer of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide; one or more hydrotropes, said hydrotrope comprising octyldimethylamine oxide, disodium 2-ethylhexyliminoproprionate or an alkylglycoside; a hard water scale control system comprising one or more chelants; a buffer system comprising one or more buffers wherein said one or more buffers comprise one or more alcohol amines; a corrosion inhibitor system comprising one or more corrosion inhibitors, wherein said corrosion inhibitors comprise an amine, amidazole, diazole, triazole, carboxylic acid, or a betaine, or any combination thereof; water; said neutral detergent composition having a pH of from 5.5 to 8.5, wherein the amount of said surfactant system is from 1 to 30 wt.%; wherein the amount of said hydrotropes is from 0.5 to 6 wt.%; wherein the amount of said one or more chelants is from 0.5 to 9 wt.%; wherein the amount of said one or more buffers is from 0.5 to 8 wt.%; wherein the amount of said one or more corrosion inhibitors is from 1 to 15 wt.%; and wherein any carriers of said systems and water is the difference to constitute 100 wt.% of said concentrated neutral detergent composition; wherein said composition contains less than 3 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said composition of a silicate, a phosphate, a molybdate, magnesium, and zinc metal or ions, or any combination thereof; and wherein said composition contains less than 3 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said composition of a silicone surfactant. a surfactant system comprising one or more nonionic surfactants, said nonionic surfactants comprising a primary or a secondary alcohol ethoxylate, an alcohol alkoxylate other than said ethoxylate, an aromatic ethoxylate, a modified ethoxylate, or a block polymer of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide; one or more hydrotropes, said hydrotrope comprising octyldimethylamine oxide, disodium 2-ethylhexyliminoproprionate or an alkylglycoside; a hard water scale control system comprising one or more chelants; a buffer system comprising one or more buffers wherein said one or more buffers comprise one or more alcohol amines; a corrosion inhibitor system comprising one or more corrosion inhibitors, wherein said corrosion inhibitors comprise an amine, amidazole, diazole, triazole, carboxylic acid, or a betaine, or any combination thereof; water; said neutral detergent composition having a pH of from 5.5 to 8.5, wherein the amount of said surfactant system is from 1 to 30 wt.%; wherein the amount of said hydrotropes is from 0.5 to 6 wt.%; wherein the amount of said one or more chelants is from 0.5 to 9 wt.%; wherein the amount of said one or more buffers is from 0.5 to 8 wt.%; wherein the amount of said one or more corrosion inhibitors is from 1 to 15 wt.%; and wherein any carriers of said systems and water is the difference to constitute 100 wt.% of said concentrated neutral detergent composition; wherein said composition contains less than 3 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said composition of a silicate, a phosphate, a molybdate, magnesium, and zinc metal or ions, or any combination thereof; and wherein said composition contains less than 3 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said composition of a silicone surfactant.