An enzyme-containing laundry booster composition in which the enzyme is
stabilized by a system comprising a boron compound, an alkali metal salt
of an aliphatic hydroxydi- or hydroxylic-carboxylic acid and an alkali
metal chloride. A preferred additional stabilizing ingredient is a
C.sub.8 C.sub.18 alcohol alkoxylated with about 3 to 6 moles of ethylene
oxide.