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  • Rutile titanium dioxideThis week, the domestic rutile titanium dioxide mainstream negotiation interval is stable, and the overall market center of gravity is up. As of the close of this week, the average price of the weekly rutile titanium dioxide national market assessment was 16,558 yuan/ton, up 288 yuan/ton from the average price last week, an increase of 1.77%, and the increase narrowed by 0.03 percentage points from last week. Within the week, the new single negotiation interval is still referred to 16000-17200 yuan/ton interval (different brands of rutile products). This week, the new single stable price of titanium dioxide factory, most of the early orders of the factory are sufficient, the downstream holiday one week before the festival, the new orders in the market are reduced, and the trading atmosphere is light.This week, the domestic industry started load of 76.92%, more stable than the previous period. Domestic manufacturers maintain normal production rhythm, industry output is relatively stable; From the inventory point of view, the mainstream factory inventory days are still less than 10-15 days, the mainstream manufacturers are in short supply, and the factories rush to deliver pre-holiday orders. In terms of orders, large manufacturers receive orders relatively better than small and medium-sized manufacturers.This week, some downstream stocks according to their own dosage, and the pace of transactions has slowed down. The holiday is approaching, some downstream have supplementary double section period just need to prepare goods, transaction link batch orders are less; In terms of external demand, according to Zhuo Chuang information, the price of new external demand also has some just need to order access, and the feedback of the production enterprise is that the current mainstream rutile titanium dioxide export new single transaction is more than reference in 2400-2500 US dollars/ton, and the quotation reference is more than 2500 US dollars/ton.
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    It’s true that titanium dioxide does not rank as high for UVA protection as zinc oxide, it ends up being a small difference (think about it like being 10 years old versus 10 years and 3 months old). This is not easily understood in terms of other factors affecting how sunscreen actives perform (such as the base formula), so many, including some dermatologists, assume that zinc oxide is superior to titanium dioxide for UVA protection. When carefully formulated, titanium dioxide provides excellent UVA protection. Its UVA protection peak is lower than that of zinc oxide, but both continue to provide protection throughout the UVA range for the same amount of time.

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    Wegman’s puts titanium dioxide in its Original Macaroni and Cheese. Campbell’s Healthy Request Chunky Chicken Corn Chowder has it, as does Food Club’s Chunky New England Clam Chowder. Marzetti uses the color agent to brighten its Cream Cheese Fruit Dip. Dairy products usually don’t need titanium dioxide to look white, but Kroger has decided to add titanium dioxide to its Fat Free Half-and-Half. And titanium dioxide isn’t only in especially white or brightly colored foods: Little Debbie adds it to Fudge Rounds and many other products. According to the Food Scores database maintained by Environmental Working Group, more than 1,800 brand-name food products have titanium dioxide on their ingredients list. That said, it can still lurk as an unspecified “artificial color,” or labels might simply say “color added.”

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