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INCI ingredient

Zea Mays Starch

Also listed as: Zea Mays Starch / Corn Starch, Zea Mays Starch/Corn Starch

Zea Mays Starch appears on 99 ingredient lists in our database.

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 Starch appears on 99 ingredient lists in our database.

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 Starch

in 99 products

Showing 24 of 99 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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