Zinc oxide

CAS 1314-13-2

Zinc oxide is a zinc fortificant. Outside food it is the white pigment in mineral sunscreen and in nappy cream, which is the same compound doing a physical rather than a nutritional job.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Zinc oxide by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted21 CFR 182.8991retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced by burning zinc vapour in air, or by processing zinc ore.

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CAS registry number
1314-13-2
InChIKey
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PubChem
CID 3007857

Every name it appears under

64 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 1314-13-2

As it appears in regulation

  • Zinc oxide

Other names

  • Abella
  • AfterSun
  • aloevella
  • AmeriDerm
  • Austalian Gold
  • BabyDiaperCream
  • BabySpa
  • bareMinerals
  • Becca
  • BioDCream
  • Bluevado Sunfix
  • Boogie Bottoms
  • Boudreauxs
  • Broad Spectrum
  • Buttiezzz Daily
  • calahist
  • Clindavix
  • Curash
  • Cyberderm
  • dabur
  • diaper
  • Drunk Elephant
  • Dynashield
  • Gerigard
  • Infinitek
  • Ingenue
  • KidCreme
  • KidStick
  • Kinesys
  • Lassar's Paste
  • Lifecell
  • LincoShield
  • MDSolarSciences
  • multipurpose
  • Natrience
  • Naturopathica
  • Nutrascreen
  • Olivene
  • Oxide, Zinc
  • Paste, Lassar's
  • Perricone
  • Ponds
  • Puttisu
  • Salve
  • Scarscreen
  • Silagen
  • Smarth
  • SOI2LOH54Z
  • Sudocrem
  • Sunblock
  • Sunblocz
  • Sunclear
  • Sunkiss
  • Sunscreen
  • Sunstick
  • Thinkbaby
  • Thinkkids
  • Ultrasol
  • Unsun
  • Visage
  • Zinc oxide

Systematic names

  • (oxido)zinc

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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