A rinse-added fabric treatment composition having a rinse aid increases the rinse
capacity of an aqueous rinse bath solution for removing laundry residue from laundered
fabrics. When properly diluted in water, the rinse-added fabric treatment composition
provides a rinse bath solution having a rinsing capacity of greater than 1. In
addition, a rinse-added fabric treatment composition reduces the surfactant residue
on a fabric, and includes from about 0.05% to about 10% of a residue reduction
agent, a suds suppresser, and the balance adjunct ingredients. The residue reduction
agent is selected from a cationic residue reduction agent, a zwitterionic residue
reduction agent, and a combination thereof. Moreover, methods for reducing surfactant
residue on fabric and a method for reducing the amount of water used in a rinsing
step of a laundry process are included. A kit for improving the rinsing capacity
of water includes a rinse-added fabric treatment composition and an instruction set.