Zinc Oxide 7%
Also listed as: Zinc Oxide
Zinc Oxide 7% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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
Zinc Oxide 7% appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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: antimicrobial, bulking, colorant, oral care, skin protecting, light stabilizer, uv absorber, uv filter
Products with Zinc Oxide 7%
in 2 products
- no photoCeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion AM Lightweight SPF 50CeraVe · sunscreen
- no photoCeraVe Hydrating mineral sunscreen spf50CeraVe · sunscreen
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In the EU ingredient database
- antimicrobial
- bulking
- colorant
- oral care
- skin protecting
- light stabilizer
- uv absorber
- uv filter
- antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
- bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
- colorant: Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light; (precursors of oxidative hair colorants shall be deemed colorants). All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
- oral care: Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.
CAS 1314-13-2 · EC 215-222-5
Listed in Annex VI (ref. 30a) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 25% - In case of combined use of zinc oxide and zinc oxide (nano), the sum shall not exceed the limit of 25%. IV/144 VI/30 VI/30a Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end-user's lungs by inhalation. Only nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed: — purity ≥ 96 %, with wurtzite crystalline structure and physical appearance as clusters that are rod-like, star-like and/or isometric shapes, with impurities consisting only of carbon dioxide and water, whilst any other impurities are less than 1 % in total, — median diameter of the particle number size distribution D50 (50 % of the number below this diameter) > 30 nm and D1 (1 % below this size) > 20 nm, — wat
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.