A zinc salt of ricinoleic acid used in deodorants.
What it is
Zinc ricinoleate is the zinc salt of ricinoleic acid, the main fatty acid of castor oil. CosIng lists it as an anticaking, deodorant and opacifying agent.
Where it is used
Found mainly in deodorants, also in foot care products.
Limits of interpretation
The INCI list shows which ingredients are present, not how much of each. Above 1%, ingredients are listed in descending order of weight; below 1% the order is free.
The label does not show the concentration used.
Functions
- Anticaking
- Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
- Deodorant
- Reducing and/or eluminating unpleasant odour. Contributing against the formation of malodour on body surfaces.
- Opacifying
- Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.
Products with this ingredient (34)
- PRIME TIME® Redness Reducing Primer · bareMinerals
- PODOLOGIC FITNESS Krem do stóp · Farmona
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant eukaliptusowy · Vianek
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant cytrusowy · Vianek
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant eukaliptusowy · Sylveco
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant cytrusowy · Sylveco
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant kwiatowy · Vianek
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant ziołowy · Vianek
- BIOLAVEN Dezodorant · Vianek
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant kwiatowy · Sylveco
- SYLVECO Naturalny dezodorant ziołowy · Sylveco
- BIOLAVEN Dezodorant · Sylveco