70% or more, 75% or more, 80% or 85% or more of one when used in a dispersion at a concentration of at least 50% by weight of zinc oxide as described above, zinc oxide powder to produce a transparent composition having a total transmission time over the path length of 20 at 550 nm are provided. The powder is more than 0.8 , 1 above, 2 be more than or 3 average zinc oxide aggregate size has. Use of zinc oxide powder reduces the risk of transdermal penetration.