NEUTRAL LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a neutral liquid detergent composition which enables dirt on an object to be cleaned by wiping alone and is useful for cleaning a house or furniture by incorporating an ampholytic surfactant and a fatty acid (salt) having a specified number of carbon atoms in a specified ratio into the same so that the resultant composition has a specified pH. SOLUTION: This composition contains 0.05-2 wt.% at least one ampholytic surfactant and lower than 0.1 wt.% 8-18C fatty acid (salt) and has a pH of 6-8. Examples of an ampholytic surfactant used are a betaine type, an imidazoline type and an amino acid type. Lauric acid, coconut acid and myristic acid are preferable as the fatty acid from the viewpoint of low-temperature stability, and potassium salts, sodium salts and monoethanolamine salts are listed as water-soluble salts. In order to further enhance the detergency in the neutral range, the incorporation of a chelating agent is preferable; in this case, the amount of the agent incorporated is preferably 0.05-5 wt.% of the composition.