DETERGENT FOR AUTOMATIC TABLEWARE WASHER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a detergent for an automatic tableware washer which enables a small automatic tableware washer to be simply and surely safely used by using, as a cleaner, a cleaner-contg. vessel constructed of a film permeable to water, the vessel containing a cleaner therein. SOLUTION: A cleaner-contg. vessel having a suitable shape, such as a box or a bag, wherein a part or the whole thereof, i.e., 10 to 100% of the surface area of the vessel is constructed of a film having an air permeability of not less than 0.1cc/cm .sec and permeable to water, the vessel contg. therein a cleaner for an automatic tableware washer, is used as a cleaner. Use of this cleaner can eliminate the need to supply the cleaner each time when washing is conducted, can prevent excessive use of the cleaner and unsatisfactory cleaning, and wash the tableware without directly touching the cleaner.