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INCI ingredient

Zea Mays Corn Starch Zea Mays Starch

Also listed as: Zea Mays Starch, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch (Zea Mays Starch)

Zea Mays Corn Starch Zea Mays Starch appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in dry shampoos.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Zea Mays Corn Starch Zea Mays Starch appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in dry shampoos.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: abrasive, absorbent, anticaking, skin protecting, viscosity controlling

Products with Zea Mays Corn Starch Zea Mays Starch

in 4 products

Showing 4 of 4 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • absorbent
  • anticaking
  • skin protecting
  • viscosity controlling
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
  • anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
  • skin protecting: Helping to avoid harmful effects to the skin from external factors.

CAS 9005-25-8 · EC 232-679-6

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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