Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Hironobu Kunieda

Kaoru Shioguchi

An oil-in-water emulsion composition having a high oil content, which comprises (a) a sucrose fatty acid ester, (b) water, and (c) an oily component, wherein (i) component (c) is present in an amount of 90% by weight or more based on the total weight of components (a), (b) and (c), (ii) at least 20% by weight of the fatty acid moiety constituting component (a) are derived from a saturated fatty acid having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, an unsaturated fatty acid having 16 to 22 carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof, and the proportion of a monoester in component (a) is 60% by weight or more; and a method for producing the oil-in-water emulsion composition having a high oil content, which comprises adding, to a mixture comprising the components (a), (b) and (c), a solid which is insoluble in the mixture in an amount of 0.01 to 10% by volume based on the total volume of the components (a), (b), and (c), followed by stirring and removal of the solid.

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Hironobu Kunieda