You should know
What it is
Explained
Zea Mays Starch is starch made from corn. You might know this as cornstarch . It is used to thicken a product. It can replace talc as an absorbent.
The pH of cornstarch is 5.92.
Cornstarch is a common food ingredient used to thicken soups or to make corn syrup.
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Also known as: Cornstarch, Purity 21c, and Corn Starch
Zea Mays Starch is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 1.4% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
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Where it's used
Zea Mays Starch is most often found as ingredient number 9 within an ingredient list.
Of the 2 products in our database that have a known concentration of Zea Mays Starch, they all have a concentration of 99% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use Zea Mays Starch the most:
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Products with Zea Mays Starch
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 38946
- INCI Name: ZEA MAYS STARCH
- INN Name: starch
- EC #: Â 232-679-6
- Ph. Eur. Name: maydis amylum
- All Functions: Abrasive, Absorbent, Anticaking, Skin Protecting, Viscosity Controlling