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Zinc

ingredient

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.[1] 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.[2][3] EU labelling sets its reference intake at 10 mg a day.[4] This page is the taxonomy parent of those compound pages here.

Classes of this ingredient

Zinc oxidea class of this ingredient

Products (16)

Includes products that name the class Zinc oxide.

Babydream Baby-Puder mit Olivenöl 100 g Babydream · 100 g Skin Drying Powder 4305615201740 Cheerios 8.9 oz Cheerios · 252 g Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 016000275263 Fruity Pebbles 15 oz Post · 15 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912129741 Fruity Pebbles 2 oz Post · 2 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912280541 Post Fruity Pebbles 11 oz Post · 11 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 043000129722 Post Fruity Pebbles 11 oz Post · 11 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912129710 Post Fruity Pebbles 19.5 oz Post · 19.5 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912379276 Post Fruity Pebbles 20.5 oz Post · 20.5 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912002457 Post Fruity Pebbles 23 oz Post · 23 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912249289 Post Fruity Pebbles 27.5 oz Post · 27.5 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912356192 Post Fruity Pebbles 311 g Post · 311 g Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 628154383659 Post Fruity Pebbles 36 oz Post · 36 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912297990 Post Fruity Pebbles 38 oz Post · 38 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912385871 Post Fruity Pebbles 40 oz Post · 40 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912003751 Post Fruity Pebbles 40 oz Post · 40 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912279934 Post OK GO! Fruity Pebbles 2.22 oz Post · 2.22 oz Cereal Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) 884912419668

Referenced by

  • Kinds include Zinc oxide sourced
    Open Food Facts files zinc oxide under zinc in its ingredient taxonomy

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia: Zinc Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-21. Lead section; Biological role. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
  2. ↑ Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, Annex I: vitamins and minerals which may be added to foods (version of 31 December 2020) legislation.gov.uk. publication. Accessed 2026-09-21. 2. Minerals.
  3. ↑ Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, Annex II: vitamin formulations and mineral substances which may be added to foods (version of 31 December 2020) legislation.gov.uk. publication. Accessed 2026-09-21. 2. Mineral substances.
  4. ↑ Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex XIII: reference intakes of vitamins and minerals (version of 31 December 2020) legislation.gov.uk. publication. Accessed 2026-09-21. Part A, point 1: zinc 10 mg.
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