Abstract: Provided are a gelled composition containing a thickening agent homogeneously dissolved in a polyhydric alcohol and a method for producing it. The gelled composition contains a polymer containing an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid unit and an anhydrous polyhydric alcohol. The polymer is a partially neutralized product that has a degree of neutralization of 20 to 75%, and the polymer is dissolved in the alcohol. The method for producing the composition includes a first step of preparing a dispersion of a polymer containing an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid unit in an anhydrous polyhydric alcohol, and a second step of mixing the dispersion with an anhydrous polyhydric alcohol to prepare a solution of the polymer in the alcohol. The polymer for use in the first step is a partially neutralized product that has a degree of neutralization of 20 to 75%, and is in the form of spherical particles.