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Bondi sands Zinc Mineral SPF 50+

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Zinc Mineral SPF 50+ — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

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Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 58/100 · 22 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Titanium DioxideIARC Group 2B, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Irritation2 ingredients · max 5/10Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 3/10Cancer concern1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (4)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Alcohol Denat.

solvent · astringent

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: High cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Irritation:Drying and barrier-disrupting in high-alcohol formulas with regular use.

Denatured ethanol gives products a fast-drying, weightless feel, but as a leading ingredient it degrades the skin barrier with repeated use — a poor match for dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10
Babies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.

Today's most common preservative, considered safe by the SCCS up to 1%. French authorities advise avoiding it in wipes and diaper-area products for children under 3 as a precaution.

Dimethicone

emollient · occlusive

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Not biodegradable; accumulates in the environment via wash-off.

The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.

Pore-clogging potential (1)

Ingredients rated likely to clog pores — relevant if your skin is acne-prone. This is a separate indicator and is not part of the safety score.

Indicative Fulton-scale ratings from published dermatology references — not a regulator classification; individual reactions vary.

No concerns found (14)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (3)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

  • NEOPENTYL GLYCOL DIHEPTANOATE· skin conditioning, skin conditioning - e…
  • PEG-30 DIPOLYHYDROXYSTEARATE· surfactant - emulsifying
  • HYDROXYACETOPHENONE· antioxidant

Not enough data (1)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • SODIUM HYALURONATE XANTHAN GUM

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern sunscreens

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

AQUA (WATER), ZINC OXIDE (NANO), ISODODECANE, NEOPENTYL GLYCOL DIHEPTANOATE, PEG-30 DIPOLYHYDROXYSTEARATE, ALCOHOL DENAT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, DIMETHICONE, GLYCERIN, C18-36 ACID TRIGLYCERIDE, PHENOXYETHANOL, POLYGLYCERYL-3 DIISOSTEARATE, VP/EICOSENE COPOLYMER, HYDROXYACETOPHENONE, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, STEARIC ACID, POLYHYDROXYSTEARIC ACID, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, SODIUM HYALURONATE XANTHAN GUM, CI 77492 (IRON OXIDES), ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE, HYDRATED SILICA

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