PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water-in-oil emulsion composition which contains an oil-soluble ultraviolet absorber having low solubility, and exhibits good usability and ultraviolet light protection effect and excellent stability.SOLUTION: The water-in-oil emulsion composition contains: (a) an aqueous dispersion of an oil-soluble ultraviolet absorber (b) a polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane having a molecular weight of 2,000 or more and (c) at most 5 mass% of an ultraviolet scattering agent, wherein the component (a) is included in the internal (water) phase. The component (a) is preferably an aqueous dispersion of complex particles of an oil-soluble ultraviolet absorber and an organic polymer.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】 溶解度の低い油溶性紫外線吸収剤を含有し、使用性及び紫外線防御効果が良好で、なおかつ安定性にも優れた油中水型乳化組成物を提供する。【解決手段】 (a)油溶性紫外線吸収剤の水分散体、(b)分子量が2000以上のポリオキシアルキレン変性ポリシロキサン、及び(c)5質量%以下の紫外線散乱剤を含有し、前記成分(a)を内相に含むことを特徴とする油中水型乳化組成物。前記成分(a)は、油溶性紫外線吸収剤と有機ポリマーとの複合体粒子の水分散体であるのが好ましい。【選択図】 図1
