Zinc
Trace mineral central to immune-positioned ranges, often paired with vitamin C.
- Type
- Mineral
- Measured in
- mg
At a glance
- Format suitability
- Reviewed for powder sticks, oral strips, functional jellies and pet soft chews — confirmed per project.
Why brands use Zinc
Zinc is a mineral commonly considered for daily-wellness and sports ranges. On DAT Supply briefs it is most often considered for Immune gummies, Beauty stacks and Multivitamins — the exact positioning is set by the brand brief and reviewed against the target market’s claim rules. Editorially we frame it around Contributes to the normal function of the immune system (permitted-claim review required per market) and Contributes to the maintenance of normal hair, skin and nails (permitted-claim review required per market), using only applicable claims framework- or DSHEA-compatible wording for the final pack copy. Format-wise we have considered Zinc for powder stick, strip, jelly and pet soft chew; the per-format formulation notes below describe the live constraints (taste, payload, stability, packaging) we tune in the formulation pass. Sourcing form (extract ratio for botanicals, salt or chelate form for minerals, free-form vs ester for amino acids) is reviewed against the brief, with documentation matched to the target market’s import rules. Inclusion rate and claim wording are reviewed per project — we don’t publish off-the-shelf doses.
How we use Zinc in formulas
A public-safe formulation reference — how this active behaves in our formats, common pairings and handling notes. Final formulation, dose and on-pack copy are confirmed per project.
- Heat stable
- Limited — use coated forms
- Vegan supply
- Project-specific
US structure-function statements
Structure-function wording for this ingredient is reviewed per project against DSHEA (21 USC §343(r)(6)). No final on-pack copy is implied by this page.
Across the EU and UK markets Zinc is treated as a mineral nutrient: on-pack benefit wording must come from the applicable claims framework register (UK retains the same wording post-Brexit), with the inclusion rate meeting the minimum thresholds tied to the chosen claim. For the US market, label copy follows DSHEA structure-function rules with the standard FDA disclosure. Mineral form (e.g. citrate vs oxide, glycinate vs sulphate) and the resulting elemental load are reviewed against the target claim — confirmed per project. The back-of-pack nutritional table is built against the market’s reference intake framework, and any country-level limits (France, Italy, Belgium for the EU; California Prop 65 for the US) are reviewed before launch.
Structure-function statements must appear with the FDA disclaimer in the same field of vision on the label. % Daily Value (DV) based on FDA 21 CFR 101.9. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
