<p>An aqueous based oral care composition comprising: i) a metal salt selected from citrate, lactate or chloride; and ii) a zinc salt: in which the composition at a temperature of 25°C has a yield stress (shear stress at a shear rate of 0.1 1/s at 25°C) from 0.05 to 1.0 Pa and a viscosity from 0.05 to 0.25 Pa.s (measured at a shear rate of 21 1/s).</p>