The present invention provides an oil-in-water type emulsion composition which exhibits excellent temporal and temperature stability and produces a good feeling of use, and a method for producing same. Emulsification is carried out by means of a specific intermediate phase formed by mixing a surfactant able to form a L á phase, a surfactant able to form a H1 phase, and water. The intermediate phase preferably has an interfacial tension of 0.01-8 mN/m as a relative value with respect to poly(perfluoromethyl isopropyl ether). The oil-in-water type emulsion composition is produced by means of a production method that includes a step of adding an oil phase component and an aqueous phase component in that order to the intermediate phase. In addition, it is preferable to use a combination of a first surfactant and a second surfactant so that the viscosity of a mixed aqueous solution of the first and second surfactants is less than half of the sum of the viscosity values of individual aqueous solutions of the first and second surfactants having concentrations that are the same as the overall concentrations of the surfactants in the mixed aqueous solution.
