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ZINC OXIDE

Not on the EU Annex III list

ZINC OXIDE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Uv Filter, with CAS number 1314-13-2 and EC number 215-222-5. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 2 on Alga Maris Crème solaire 50+. Fulton (1989) grades it 1 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
1314-13-2
EC NUMBER
215-222-5
COSING FUNCTIONS
Uv Filter
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
1 / 5

Sample products containing ZINC OXIDE

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
Alga Maris Crème solaire 50+ #2

Query ZINC OXIDE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "ZINC OXIDE"]
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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