Ingredient · INCI listed
Titanium Dioxide
A mineral UV filter that protects mainly against UVB and shorter UVA wavelengths, often paired with zinc oxide for fuller coverage. Gentle and photostable, with a lighter cast than zinc.
Evidence — Well-established
Data summary
Products containing
48
Most common in
40 products
sunscreens
Typical pairing
Zinc Oxide
Evidence level
Well-established. Safe for sensitive skin, babies, and post-procedure use. Larger particle sizes leave a white cast; micronized and coated versions deliver cosmetic transparency without meaningful change to safety profile.
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In the catalog
Titanium Dioxide by the numbers.
Titanium Dioxide appears in 105 products across the DermFND catalog, and it's strongly concentrated in sunscreens — 82 products, 78% of where it shows up. Those products average a 76/100 formulation score — well above the catalog norm — topping out with SkinBetter Science sunbetter TONE SMART SPF 68 at 89/100.
42 formulas containing titanium dioxide clear our 80/100 standout threshold. Its most frequent formulation partners are Zinc Oxide (65 shared formulas) and Vitamin E (32 shared formulas). The median price of a titanium dioxide product here is $27.
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