2 3 the following compositions were prepared and evaluated for lipase stability at 37 u00b0 c ______________________________________ composition wt 3 1 3 2______________________________________c sub 12 c sub 15 linear primary alcohol 16 5 16 5condensed with 9 moles of ethylene oxideethanol 4 9 4 9sodium formate 2 7 2 7savinase a protease ex novo 0 375 0 375lipolase 3 0 3 0polymer 1 0water to 100 to 100 the half life time of lipolase was at 37 u00b0 c 16 0 47 7______________________________________ the polymer was a copolymer of ethyleneglycol with pendant vinylacetate side chains having a molecular weight of about 24 000 as described in european patent 219 048 the polymer is available from basf under the cod hp22 and has the str8 str9 a series of representative water soluble polymers that are not polymers of ethylene glycol were evaluated the liquid detergent composition of this example was identical with that of example ii each of the polymers was tested at 2 0 in this composition for improving lipase stability the results are presented below ______________________________________composition wt ingredients 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5______________________________________formulation of 100 0 98 0 98 0 98 0 98 0example 2 1polymer lr 400 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0ex amercholcarteretin f4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0ex sandozpoly vinyl alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0ex gohsenol gh 20poly vinyl pyridine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0n oxide ex polysciencestability at.