Patent ID: 7678753

Claim:
A liquid detergent composition comprising: (a) hydrogen peroxide, (b) a compound selected from the group consisting of boric acid, borax, and a boric acid salt in an amount of from 0.05 to 1% by mass as a boron atom, (c) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of glycerol, diglycerol, triglycerol, sugar alcohol and a reducing saccharide, in an amount of from 3 to 35% by mass, (d) a surfactant in an amount of from 4 to 45% by mass, and (e) water, wherein the molar ratio of the component (c) to the component (b) is from 1.5 to 2.7, and wherein the detergent composition has a pH at 20° C. from 4.6 to 7.0; wherein a diluted solution prepared by diluting the liquid detergent composition with water in an amount of 1,000 times the volume of the composition has a pH at 20° C. of 8.5 to 10.5.