The objective of the present invention is to provide an antimicrobial composition that can be safely used with a broad range of foods and beverages cosmetics drugs and other similar products while showing growth inhibition activity against a wide variety of microorganisms. The present invention relates to the antimicrobial composition comprising at least one cooling agent selected from the group consisting of menthyl 3 hydroxybutanoate 2 methyl 3 (menthoxy)propane 1 2 diol 2 (menthoxy)ethanol 3 menthoxypropan 1 ol 2 (2 menthoxyethoxy)ethanol and menthyl glyoxylate.
