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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Zinc Pyrithione is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the product from spoiling. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 97 products, most often anti-dandruff shampoos.

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What does Zinc Pyrithione do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Zinc Pyrithione keeps the product from spoiling, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and helps against dandruff. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: preservative, hair conditioning, antidandruff and antiseborrhoeic.

preservativehair conditioningantidandruffantiseborrhoeic

What other names and numbers does Zinc Pyrithione have?

CAS number
13463-41-7
EC number
236-671-3
CosIng reference
38974

Which products contain Zinc Pyrithione?

Open Beauty Facts finds Zinc Pyrithione in the ingredient lists of 97 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often anti-dandruff shampoos, shampoos and hair care.

  • Anti-dandruff shampoos60
  • Shampoos60
  • Hair care12
  • Hair conditioners10
  • Shampoos for oily hair6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 75 · Norway 5 · Germany 3 · Spain 2.

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

On these listsPreservatives

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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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