An aqueous surfactant composition comprising • one or more alpha-sulfo fatty acid disalts of the general formula, R 1 CH(SO 3 M 1)COOM 2 in which the radical R 1 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical with 6 to 16 carbon atoms and the radicals M 1 and M 2 - independently of one another - are selected from the group H, Li, Na, K, Ca/2, Mg/2, ammonium and alkanolamine, • one or more alkyl glycosides of the general formula, R 2 O- p in which R 2 is an alkyl and/or alkenyl radical with 8 to 18 carbon atoms, G is a sugar radical with 5 or 6 carbon atoms and p is numbers between 1 and 10, • water, where the following provisos apply: • with regard to the compounds, it is the case that the fraction of the compounds in which the radical R 1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical with 14 or more carbon atoms - based on the total amount of the compounds in the aqueous surfactant composition - is 20% by weight or less; • with regard to the compounds, it is the case that the fraction of the compounds in which the radical R 2 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical with 15 or more carbon atoms - based on the total amount of the compounds in the aqueous surfactant composition - is 5% by weight or less; • if the aqueous surfactant composition comprises one or more ester sulfonates of the general formula V), R 5 CH(SO 3 M 5)COOR 6 in which the radical R 5 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical with 6 to 18 carbon atoms and the radical R 6 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, where the radical R 6 can logically be an alkenyl radical or be branched only above 3 carbon atoms, and the radical M 5 is selected from the group Li, Na, K, Ca/2, Mg/2, ammonium and alkanolamines, it is the case that the compounds - based on the totality of the compounds and - must be present to 50% by weight or more; • the weight ratio of the compounds: in the aqueous surfactant composition is in the range from 0.6: 1 to 1: 0.6. • one or more alpha-sulfo fatty acid disalts of the general formula, R 1 CH(SO 3 M 1)COOM 2 in which the radical R 1 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical with 6 to 16 carbon atoms and the radicals M 1 and M 2 - independently of one another - are selected from the group H, Li, Na, K, Ca/2, Mg/2, ammonium and alkanolamine, • one or more alkyl glycosides of the general formula, R 2 O- p in which R 2 is an alkyl and/or alkenyl radical with 8 to 18 carbon atoms, G is a sugar radical with 5 or 6 carbon atoms and p is numbers between 1 and 10, • water, • with regard to the compounds, it is the case that the fraction of the compounds in which the radical R 1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical with 14 or more carbon atoms - based on the total amount of the compounds in the aqueous surfactant composition - is 20% by weight or less; • with regard to the compounds, it is the case that the fraction of the compounds in which the radical R 2 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical with 15 or more carbon atoms - based on the total amount of the compounds in the aqueous surfactant composition - is 5% by weight or less; • if the aqueous surfactant composition comprises one or more ester sulfonates of the general formula V), R 5 CH(SO 3 M 5)COOR 6 in which the radical R 5 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical with 6 to 18 carbon atoms and the radical R 6 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, where the radical R 6 can logically be an alkenyl radical or be branched only above 3 carbon atoms, and the radical M 5 is selected from the group Li, Na, K, Ca/2, Mg/2, ammonium and alkanolamines, it is the case that the compounds - based on the totality of the compounds and - must be present to 50% by weight or more; • the weight ratio of the compounds: in the aqueous surfactant composition is in the range from 0.6: 1 to 1: 0.6.