A water-addition-type surfactant-based composition, containing: at least one of a
fatty acid sodium salt and / or
potassium salt, as a surfactant component; and at least one of N,N-bis(carboxymethyl)-L-
glutamic acid tetrasodium salt, L -aspartate-(N,N)-diacetic acid tetrasodium salt, N-2-hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid disodium salt, (S,S)-ethylenediaminesuccinic acid trisodium salt, methylglycinediacetic acid trisodium salt,
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitorilotriacetic acid,
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid,
hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid, 1,3-propanediaminetetraacetic acid, 1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropanetetraacetic acid, dihydroxyethylglycine, glycol
ether diamine tetraacetic acid, hydroxyethanediphosphonic acid, aminotrimethylenephosphonic acid, 1,2,4-butanetricarboxylic acid, dihydroxyethylethylenediaminediacetic acid,
sodium gluconate,
sodium glucoheptonate,
inositol hexaphosphate, hydroxyethanoic acid, 2-hydroxypropanoic acid, 2-hydroxysuccinic acid, 2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid, and 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, as a chelating component.