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INCI ingredient

Zinc Pyrithione

Zinc Pyrithione appears on 93 ingredient lists in our database, most often in anti-dandruff 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

Zinc Pyrithione appears on 93 ingredient lists in our database, most often in anti-dandruff 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: anti-seborrheic, anti-sebum, hair conditioning, preservative

Products with Zinc Pyrithione

in 93 products

Showing 24 of 93 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anti-seborrheic
  • anti-sebum
  • hair conditioning
  • preservative
  • anti-seborrheic: Preventing or relieving the symptoms of seborrhea and/or seborrheic dermatitis, including dandruff.
  • anti-sebum: Helping control sebum production.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 13463-41-7 · EC 236-671-3

EU regulation

Listed in Annex II (ref. 1670) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. Annex II/1670

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

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