The present invention relates to a process for producing a water-based ink for ink-jet printing, including the step of dispersing a pigment in a polymer by means of a disperser using dispersing media particles containing a zirconium compound to introduce the solid zirconium compound into the water-based ink, the water-based ink including the pigment-containing polymer particles and the solid zirconium compound, and having a zirconium compound content of not less than 2 ppm and not more than 200 ppm in terms of a concentration of zirconium in the water-based ink.