Water absorbing agent composition and method for producing same

Abstract

Provided are a water-absorbing agent composition of high quality (and stable quality) that can be produced without a decrease in productivity and is not colored even in a production process (or under production conditions) under high temperature conditions (under the condition of heating at 100° C. or higher), even when a polysaccharide is used as a sustainable raw material for at least part of the water-absorbing agent composition, and a method for producing the water-absorbing agent composition. The water-absorbing agent composition includes: a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin; a polysaccharide, and a reducing agent. The water-absorbing agent composition is surface-crosslinked, contains the polysaccharide in an amount of 10 mass % or more and contains the reducing agent in an amount of 10 ppm to 10000 ppm, and has a degree of coloration (YI value) of 60 or less.

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