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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Zinc Carbonate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Zinc Carbonate is a cosmetic ingredient that makes a clear product cloudy. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 77 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Zinc Carbonate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Zinc Carbonate makes a clear product cloudy. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: opacifying.

opacifying

What other names and numbers does Zinc Carbonate have?

CAS number
3486-35-9
EC number
222-477-6
CosIng reference
80746

Which products contain Zinc Carbonate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Zinc Carbonate in the ingredient lists of 77 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, anti-dandruff shampoos and hair conditioners.

  • Shampoos41
  • Anti-dandruff shampoos39
  • Hair conditioners5
  • Shampoo and conditioners5
  • Hair care5
  • 2-in-1 shampoos3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 50 · United States 10 · Germany 4 · Canada 4.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Zinc Carbonate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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