Patent ID: 8143208

Claim:
A cleaning composition consisting essentially of: a) from about 0.01% to about 30% by weight of said composition of one or more of ethyl-capped or butyl-capped alkoxylated esters, b) from about 0.01% to about 30% by weight of one or more anionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of C 14 -C 20 mid-chain branched sulfates and mixtures thereof; c) a detergent enzyme; and d) the balance of said composition comprising carriers and other adjunct ingredients; said capped alkoxylated esters being of the formula R 3 O(CH 2 CH 2 O)xCOR 2 wherein R 2 is a C 16 to C 18 linear or branched hydrocarbon and mixtures thereof and R 3 is ethyl, butyl, or mixtures thereof and wherein 100% of said esters x is greater than 3 and is in the average range of 10.5, said composition being substantially free of compounds of the formulae R 3 O(CH 2 CH 2 O)H and R 3 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 2 H; e) said composition being free of conventional ethoxylates selected from alcohol ethoxylates, methyl ester ethoxylates and nonylphenol ethoxylates.