To provide a compound body containing iron phosphate, which is excellent in ultraviolet protecting ability and highly transparent; and to provide a cosmetic containing the same.

The compound body containing iron phosphate contains iron phosphate and one or more kinds selected from a tungstate of one or more kinds of metals selected from titanium, zinc, iron, silver, cobalt, aluminum, cerium, and calcium, an iron oxide, and silica. In the compound body, it is preferable that the content of the iron phosphate is 60-95 mass % based on the total amount of the compound body, the average particle diameter is 10-100 nm, and particles are substantially finely dispersed to each other in a primary particle state. The cosmetic contains the compound body containing iron phosphate.