followed by hydrogenation of the oxo compound or the hydration of such alkenes other nonionic surfactants that may be used differ in the nature of the lipophilic portion of the molecule the choice of such portion is not narrowly critical thus the lipophilic portion may be aralkyl alkaryl alkyl alkylesters and the like as noted above common sources of saponin is yucca extract from yucca schidigera and quillaia extract from quillaia saponaria molina either extract is suitable in the practices of the invention in the examples that follow the yucca extract cited in from yucca schidigera comparable results are obtainable using quillaia extract in this specification and claims the terms saponin and yucca extract are synonymous the composition of the invention comprises an enzyme based aqueous composition containing a minor amount of saponin in particular the invention relates to a composition containing a major amount of water and a minor amount of an active ingredient combination of an enzyme saponin and a bacterial inhibiting stabilizer in a preferred embodiment the active ingredient combination comprises less than 50 percent by weight of the composition and of that combination a major amount is enzyme and a minor amount comprises the saponin and the bacterial inhibiting stabilizer in a more.