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INCI ingredient

Zinc PCA

Zinc PCA appears on 109 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cleansers.

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 PCA appears on 109 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cleansers.

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: humectant, skin conditioning

Products with Zinc PCA

in 109 products

Showing 24 of 109 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • humectant
  • skin conditioning
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 68107-75-5 / 15454-75-8 · EC 268-475-9 / 239-473-5

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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