A hand dishwashing compositions comprising; a) about 0.1% to about 99.9% by weight of said composition of an alkylarylsulfonate
surfactant system comprising from about 10% to about 100% by weight of said
surfactant system of two or more
crystallinity-disrupted alkylarylsulfonate surfactants of formula (B-Ar-D)a(M)b wherein D is SO3<->, M is a cation or cation mixture, q is the valence of said cation, a and b are numbers selected such that said composition is electroneutral; Ar is selected from
benzene,
toluene, and combinations thereof; and B comprises the sum of at least one primary hydrocarbyl
moiety containing from 5 to 20 carbon atoms and one or more
crystallinity-disrupting moieties, wherein said
crystallinity-disrupting moieties interrupt or
branch from said hydrocarbyl
moiety; and wherein said alkylarylsulfonate
surfactant system has crystallinity disruption to the extent that its
sodium critical
solubility temperature, as measured by the CST Test, is no more than about 40 DEG C; and wherein further said alkylarylsulfonate surfactant
system has at least one of the following properties: percentage
biodegradation, as measured by the modified SCAS test, that exceeds tetrapropylene
benzene sulfonate; and weight ratio of nonquaternary to
quaternary carbon atoms in B of at least about 5:1; and b) from about 0.00001% to about 99.9% by weight of said composition of a conventional hand dishwashing adjunct; c) from about 0.01% to about 7% by weight of composition of a
divalent ion selected from the group consisting of
magnesium,
calcium and mixtures thereof.