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ZINC CITRATE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Zinc Citrate is the zinc salt of citric acid that conforms to the formula:

ZINC CITRATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Antimicrobial, Antiplaque, Oral Care, with CAS number 546-46-3 and EC number 208-901-2. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/24), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 4 product labels, reaching position 5 on Signal White Now - Protection CC Fresh.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
546-46-3
EC NUMBER
208-901-2
COSING FUNCTIONS
Antimicrobial, Antiplaque, Oral Care
COSING RESTRICTION
III/24

Sample products containing ZINC CITRATE

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Signal White Now - Protection CC Fresh #5
Signal Dentifrice Integral 8 Interdentaire 75ml Lot de 2 #5
Signal Dentifrice Bio Fraîcheur Naturelle 2x75ml #6
Schmidt's Dentifrice Menthe Intense au Charbon Actif 133g #13

Query ZINC CITRATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "ZINC CITRATE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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