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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antibacterial composition which is excellent in antibacterial property and safety and can be suitably used for any of foods and drinks, pharmaceuticals, quasi drugs and cosmetics. SOLUTION: (A) At least one selected from an oil-soluble licorice extract and a purified product of the oil-soluble licorice extract, and (B) an extract of a compound-containing plant having a gallic acid residue. Is an antibacterial composition characterized by Oil-soluble licorice extract, Gurichiruriza glabra (Glycyrrhiza glabra), a mode is at least one extract selected from Gurichiruriza-Infurata (Glycyrrhiza inflata) and Gurichiruriza-uralensis (Glycyrrhiza uralensis), gallic acid residues An embodiment in which the compound plant is at least one selected from an epigallocatechin gallate-containing plant and a gallotannin-containing plant is preferable. [Selection figure] None |