The present invention is in the field of hard surface cleaning compositions. It has been a challenge to provide consumers with a cleaning composition that maintains the foam in the main wash while exhibiting an antifoaming effect during rinse. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide water saving in household processes by an anti foaming composition that has an antifoaming effect only during rinse while maintaining foaming characteristics in the mainwash. It has been found that an antifoaming effect may be obtained only during rinse in hard surface cleaning processes by an antifoaming composition essentially comprising a non-ionic surfactant, a fatty acid and a hydrophobic particle wherein the hydrophobic particle is an inorganic abrasive coated with a fatty acid.
