Automatic detergent dishwashing composition

Abstract

An automatic dishwashing detergent composition in unit dose form wherein the composition comprises at least about 0.2 mg of active starch degrading enzyme per gram of composition and wherein the weight of the composition is less than about 25 grams.

1 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition in unit dose form wherein the composition comprises at least about 0.2 mg of active starch degrading enzyme per gram of composition and wherein the weight of the composition is less than about 25 grams. 
     
     
         2 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 1  wherein the starch degrading enzyme is an alpha-amylase. 
     
     
         3 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 1  comprising at least 1 mg of active protease per gram of the composition and wherein the composition optionally comprises a low temperature protease. 
     
     
         4 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 1  further comprising a lipase. 
     
     
         5 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 1  wherein the composition further comprises an anti-redeposition agent and/or a sulfonated polymer. 
     
     
         6 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 1  wherein the anti-redeposition agent is a non-ionic surfactant or a non-ionic surfactant system having a phase inversion temperature between 40 and 70° C. 
     
     
         7 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 1  wherein the unit dose form is a water-soluble pouch. 
     
     
         8 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 7  wherein said pouch is a multi-compartment pouch having a plurality of films forming a plurality of compartments. 
     
     
         9 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 8  wherein the pouch comprises two side-by-side compartments superposed onto another compartment and at least two different compartments contain two different compositions. 
     
     
         10 . An automatic dishwashing detergent composition according to  claim 1  wherein at least two different compartments contain an anti-redeposition agent. 
     
     
         11 . A method of dishwashing in an automatic dishwashing machine comprising the step of placing a detergent composition according to  claim 1  into the product dispenser and releasing it during the main-wash cycle. 
     
     
         12 . A method of dishwashing in an automatic dishwashing machine using a detergent composition according to  claim 1  in pouch form comprising the steps of:
 a) placing the pouch into the product dispenser and releasing it during the main-wash cycle; and   b) releasing an anti-redeposition agent into the wash liquor at two different points in time of the main-wash cycle.