Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Zinc Phosphate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Zinc Phosphate is a cosmetic ingredient that helps against plaque. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 11 products, most often toothpastes.

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What does Zinc Phosphate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Zinc Phosphate helps against plaque. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: antiplaque.

antiplaque

What other names and numbers does Zinc Phosphate have?

CAS number
7543-51-3
CosIng reference
92142

Which products contain Zinc Phosphate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Zinc Phosphate in the ingredient lists of 11 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often toothpastes.

  • Toothpastes4

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5 · Netherlands 2 · Portugal 1 · Australia 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Zinc Phosphate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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