Patent ID: 8685906

Claim:
A low irritancy cleansing composition comprising: (a) 0.5 to 5% of an anionic surfactant compound of formula (I): wherein R 1 represents a C 4-36 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group; each of R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C 1-4 alkyl group and wherein at least one of R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 is not hydrogen and M + represents a cation; (b) 0.5 to 7.5 wt % of an amphoteric surfactant; and (c) an alkoxylated non-ionic species; wherein the molar ratio of component (a) to component (b) is from 0.5:1 to 1.3:1 and wherein the ratio of the mass of component (c) to the combined mass of components (a) and (b) is less than 1.2:1; and wherein component (c) comprises at least two alkoxy residues.