Zinc: version 1

Saved 2026-09-21 18:28 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Rebuilt the page from sources rather than from the one cereal label it had. Identity now carries vegan: yes, vegetarian: yes, allergen: none and parent: ingredient/zinc; Relations add is_a ingredient/. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Zinc <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Zinc
vegan: yes
vegetarian: yes
allergen: none
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type   | locale | from | until |
| ---- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Zn   | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref             | url                                                                | title                                                                                                                                         | accessed   | publisher          | kind        | published | record_id | locator                       | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------ | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ----------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| wiki-zinc       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc                                 | Wikipedia: Zinc                                                                                                                               | 2026-09-21 | Wikipedia          | publication |           |           | Lead section; Biological role | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
| leg-1925-i      | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1925/annex/I/2020-12-31    | Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, Annex I: vitamins and minerals which may be added to foods (version of 31 December 2020)                        | 2026-09-21 | legislation.gov.uk | publication |           |           | 2. Minerals                   |              |                        |          |
| leg-1169-nrv-zn | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/annex/XIII/2020-12-31 | Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex XIII: reference intakes of vitamins and minerals (version of 31 December 2020)                            | 2026-09-21 | legislation.gov.uk | publication |           |           | Part A, point 1: zinc 10 mg   |              |                        |          |
| leg-1925        | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1925/annex/II/2020-12-31   | Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, Annex II: vitamin formulations and mineral substances which may be added to foods (version of 31 December 2020) | 2026-09-21 | legislation.gov.uk | publication |           |           | 2. Mineral substances         |              |                        |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Zinc is an essential trace element for humans, animals, plants and microorganisms, the second most abundant trace metal in the human body after iron and a cofactor that appears in every class of enzyme.[^wiki-zinc] On a food label it is the nutrient behind a family of added compounds rather than an ingredient in its own right: EU law lists zinc among the minerals that may be added to foods, and Annex II of the same regulation names the salts and oxides that may carry it, among them zinc oxide, zinc sulphate, zinc chloride, zinc gluconate, zinc citrate and zinc lactate.[^leg-1925-i][^leg-1925] EU labelling sets its reference intake at 10 mg a day.[^leg-1169-nrv-zn] This page is the taxonomy parent of those compound pages here.
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