PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oral composition that has the excellent persistence of oral malodor inhibitory effect, inhibits a metallic taste, and gives a good feeling in use with a favorable taste, the oral composition containing a water-soluble copper compound.SOLUTION: An oral composition comprises (A) water-soluble copper compound of 0.001-0.3 mass%, and (B) propylene glycol alginate of 0.01-3 mass%, where a compounding ratio between (A) component and (B) component, represented by (A)/(B), is 0.01-5 as a mass ratio.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】口臭抑制効果の持続性が優れ、かつ金属味が抑制され、味の良い優れた使用感を与える水溶性銅化合物含有の口腔用組成物を提供する。【解決手段】(A)水溶性銅化合物を0.001~0.3質量%と、(B)アルギン酸プロピレングリコールエステルを0.01~3質量%とを含有し、(A)成分と(B)成分との配合比率を示す(A)/(B)が質量比として0.01~5であることを特徴とする口腔用組成物。【選択図】なし