A unit dose or non-unit dose machine dishwash detergent composition comprising: • Polycarboxylate comprising acrylic acid monomer, • Phosphonate, wherein the weight ratio of polycarboxylate comprising acrylic acid monomers to phosphonate, is in the range of from 1.3:1 to 2.4:1, preferably of from 1.4:1 to 2.4:1, more preferably from 1.5:1 to 2.4:1, even more preferably 1.6:1 to 2.4:1; wherein the detergent composition comprises, if present, if in unit dose form at most 1.0 gram, and if in non-unit dose form at most 14.3 wt.%, in total of the following ingredients: • polycarboxylate comprising acrylic acid monomers; phosphonates; polyethylene glycols with a molecular weight of greater than 4000; carboxymethyl inulin, hydrophobically modified CMC (HM-CMC) and/or silicone; polyvinylpyrrolidon; poly(vinylimidazole); poly(vinylpyridine-N-oxide) (PVPO); polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinylimidazole (PVPVI); hydroxyl ethyl cellulose; hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose; benzotriazole; tocopherol acetate; linear polydimethylsiloxanes; wherein the detergent composition is preferably free of phosphates; alkyl phenol ethoxylates; atranol; chloroatranol; Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA); Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and its salts; glutaraldehyde; microplastics; nitromusks and polycyclic musks; perfluorinated alkylates; reactive chlorine compounds; rhodamine B; sodium hydroxyl methyl glycinate; triclosan; 3- iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate. • Polycarboxylate comprising acrylic acid monomer, • Phosphonate, wherein the weight ratio of polycarboxylate comprising acrylic acid monomers to phosphonate, is in the range of from 1.3:1 to 2.4:1, preferably of from 1.4:1 to 2.4:1, more preferably from 1.5:1 to 2.4:1, even more preferably 1.6:1 to 2.4:1; wherein the detergent composition comprises, if present, if in unit dose form at most 1.0 gram, and if in non-unit dose form at most 14.3 wt.%, in total of the following ingredients: • polycarboxylate comprising acrylic acid monomers; phosphonates; polyethylene glycols with a molecular weight of greater than 4000; carboxymethyl inulin, hydrophobically modified CMC (HM-CMC) and/or silicone; polyvinylpyrrolidon; poly(vinylimidazole); poly(vinylpyridine-N-oxide) (PVPO); polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinylimidazole (PVPVI); hydroxyl ethyl cellulose; hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose; benzotriazole; tocopherol acetate; linear polydimethylsiloxanes; wherein the detergent composition is preferably free of phosphates; alkyl phenol ethoxylates; atranol; chloroatranol; Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA); Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and its salts; glutaraldehyde; microplastics; nitromusks and polycyclic musks; perfluorinated alkylates; reactive chlorine compounds; rhodamine B; sodium hydroxyl methyl glycinate; triclosan; 3- iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate. • polycarboxylate comprising acrylic acid monomers; phosphonates; polyethylene glycols with a molecular weight of greater than 4000; carboxymethyl inulin, hydrophobically modified CMC (HM-CMC) and/or silicone; polyvinylpyrrolidon; poly(vinylimidazole); poly(vinylpyridine-N-oxide) (PVPO); polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinylimidazole (PVPVI); hydroxyl ethyl cellulose; hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose; benzotriazole; tocopherol acetate; linear polydimethylsiloxanes;