A hard surface cleaning composition for removing cooked-, baked- or burnt-on
soils
from cookware and tableware, the composition comprising a soil swelling agent and
a spreading auxiliary and wherein the composition has a liquid surface tension
of less than about 24.5 mN/m and a pH as measured in a 10% solution in distilled
water of at least 10.5. The composition can be used as pre-treatment prior to the
dishwashing process. The composition provides excellent removal of polymerized
grease from metal and glass substrates.
