| abstract |
The present invention provides: an emulsion composition which has excellent emulsion stability and excellent solubility in water, and can be added to water to prepare a solution having excellent transparency and storage stability; and an aqueous composition, particularly an aqueous composition having a liquid form (i.e., an aqueous liquid composition), preferably a food or beverage, which contains the emulsion composition. The emulsion composition is prepared by emulsifying an oily phase component and an aqueous phase component using ghatti gum, and is characterized in that the content ratio of ghatti gum is more than 25 parts by weight relative to the total amount, i.e., 100 parts by weight, of the oily phase component and the viscosity of an aqueous solution of the emulsion composition which is so prepared as to contain ghatti gum at a concentration of 15 wt% is 50 to 3000 mPas as measured using a B-type viscometer at 20 C and 30 rpm for 1 minute. |