Concentrated aqueous surfactant compositions

Claim 1

A pumpable aqueous surfactant composition consisting essentially of water, and an active surfactant mixture in an amount between above 45% and below 80% by weight and sufficient to form the "G" phase with said water, said active mixture consisting of at least 5% each by weight of the composition, of different surfactant products selected respectively from at least 2 of the classes consisting of: alkyl sulphates; alkyl ether sulphates; olefin sulphonates; alkyl benzene sulphonates; alkyl sulphosuccinates; alkanolamide sulphosuccinates; paraffin sulphonates; fatty carboxylates; alkyl ether carboxylates; alkyl phosphates; alkyl ether phosphates; alkyl phenol sulphates; alkyl phenol ether sulphates; alkyl phenol ether sulphonates; fatty ester sulphonates; fatty acid sulphonates; acyl sarcosinates; and acyl taurides; wherein, in each case, there are alkyl, alkenyl or acyl groups which have an average total of from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and any ether groups comprise glyceryl groups and/or polyoxyalkylene groups, which polyoxyalkylene groups comprise from 1 to 20 ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide units, said aqueous surfactant composition being in the "G" phase at a temperature below 23° C.