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Zinc Pyrithione

Our database includes 68 products that contain Zinc Pyrithione.

You should know

What it is

Preservative

Benefits

Explained

Zinc Pyrithione is a preservative.

Zinc Pyrithione is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.2% of the products in our database containing it.

What it does:

Antiseborrhoeic, Preservative

Community Stats

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Often have the following skin types:

Sensitive Oily

Usually have one or more of the following skin concerns:

Seborrheic Dermatitis • Fungal Acne • Redness • Sensitivity

Where it's used

Zinc Pyrithione is most often found as ingredient number 6 within an ingredient list.

Of the 43 products in our database that have a known concentration of Zinc Pyrithione, we've seen concentrations from 0.13% to 2% specified within their ingredient lists.

These are the categories of products that use Zinc Pyrithione the most:

CosIng Data

  • CosIng ID: 38974
  • INCI Name: ZINC PYRITHIONE
  • INN Name: pyrithione zinc
  • EC #:  236-671-3
  • All Functions: Antidandruff, Antiseborrhoeic, Hair Conditioning, Preservative
What is CosIng?

CosIng is the European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients.

SkinSort uses CosIng to source some of it's data on ingredient names and functions.