PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oil-in-water type emulsified composition having excellent storage stability at high-temperature and low-temperature without impairing feeling and characteristics of an oil solution.SOLUTION: An oil-in-water type emulsified composition contains the following components (A) to (E): (A) a xanthan gum (B) an agar having a mass average molecular weight of 10000 or more and 60000 or less (C) a nonionic surfactant having a HLB of 6 or less (however, when two or more kinds of surfactants are used, the total HLB is 6 or less) (D) 1 to 25 mass% of an oil solution (except a component (E)) and (E) 0.05 to 2.5 mass% of a higher alcohol, where the total content of the component (A) and the component (B) is 0.01 to 1.8 mass% and the content mass ratio (A:B) of the component (A) and the component (B) is 6:4 to 2:8.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】油剤の感触、特性を損なうことなく、且つ優れた高温、低温の保存安定性を有する水中油型乳化組成物の提供。【解決手段】次の成分(A)~(E)、(A)キサンタンガム、(B)質量平均分子量10000以上、60000以下の寒天、(C)HLB6以下のノニオン性界面活性剤(但し、2種以上の界面活性剤を用いる場合は、混合HLBは6以下)、(D)油剤(成分(E)は除く) 1~25質量%、及び(E)高級アルコール 0.05~2.5質量%を含有し、成分(A)と成分(B)の合計含有量が0.01~1.8質量%であり、成分(A)と成分(B)の含有質量比(A:B)が6:4~2:8である水中油型乳化組成物。【選択図】なし