Patent ID: 8597619

Claim:
A gel composition comprising: 10 to 70 mass % of thickener or gellant for oil materials, 30 to 80 mass % of (D) oil material, 0 to 20 mass % of (E) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lower monohydric alcohols and organic polyhydric alcohol compounds, and 0 to 20 mass % (F) water, wherein the thickener or gellant comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane that has a polyglycerol structure-containing hydrophilic group Q and that is represented by the following structural formula (1): wherein R 11 is a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-30 monovalent hydrocarbyl group or is the hydrogen atom; L is a chain organosiloxane group represented by the following structural formula (2-1) or (2-2) wherein R 11 is a group as defined above, t is a number in the range from 2 to 10, and r is a number in the range from 1 to 100 wherein R 11 is a group as defined above and r is a number in the range from 1 to 100; Q is a polyglycerol structure-containing hydrophilic group that is bonded to the silicon atom across an at least divalent linker group and that contains at least one type of hydrophilic unit selected from hydrophilic units represented by the following structural formulas (3-1) to (3-3); wherein W is the hydrogen atom or a C 1-20 alkyl group wherein W is the same group as defined above R is a group selected from L and Q; n1, n2, and n3 are numbers in the ranges 300≦n1≦1000, 3≦n2≦20, and 3≦n3≦20; and q is an integer in the range from 0 to 3.