To provide a liquid cleanser composition suitable for sterilizing and cleansing kitchen wares such sponges and chopping blocks, sinks and tablewares.

This liquid cleanser composition characterized by comprising (a) ≥25 wt.% of a surfactant, (b) 0.5 to 5 wt.% of an anionic surfactant, (c) 0.0001 to 1 wt.% of a sterilizer having a cation site, and (d) ≥3 wt.% of a hydrotropic ingredient having an aromatic ring.