Compositions comprising alkylpolysaccharide detergent surfactant

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A homogeneous granular detergent composition comprising: (1) from about 2% to about 30% of alkylpolysaccharide detergent surfactant having the formula RO(R.
sup.
1 O).
sub.
t Z.
sub.
x wherein R is an alkyl, alkylphenol, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxy alkylphenol, or mixtures thereof, and said alkyl groups contain from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms; wherein each R.
sup.
1 contains from 2 to about 4 carbon atoms; wherein t is from 0 to about 5; wherein Z is a moiety derived from a reducing saccharide containing from 5 to 6 carbon atoms; and wherein x is from about 11/2 to about 5; (2) from 0% to about 30% of detergent cosurfactant; (3) from about 10% to about 75% of water-soluble neutral or alkaline salt; and (4) from about 5% to about 20% water.
2.
The composition of claim 1 wherein R contains from about 10 to about 14 carbon atoms, t is 0, and x is from about 11/2 to about 21/2.
3.
The composition of claim 2 containing from about 6% to about 25% of (1).
4.
The composition of claim 2 wherein said detergent cosurfactant is calcium sensitive anionic detergent cosurfactant having the formula R(SO.
sub.
3).
sub.
y (COO).
sub.
z (OSO.
sub.
3).
sub.
n M.
sub.
q wherein R has the meaning given hereinbefore; y, z and n are numbers from 0 to about 4; y+z+n is from 1 to about 3, M is a cationic moiety selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, ammonium, ethanolammonium, diethanolammonium, triethanolammonium, calcium, magnesium and mixtures thereof; and q is selected to complete the formula, the ratio of (2) to (1) being from about 1:1 to about 6:1.
5.
The composition of claim 4 containing from about 10% to about 20% of (2) and (2) is selected from the group consisting of alkylbenzene sulfonates in which the alkyl contains from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, alkyl sulfates containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms, alkyl sulfonates containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms, fatty acid soaps containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof