An oral care composition comprising at least three zinc salts/oxides: i) the first that at 20oC having a solubility great than 500g/litre in water; ii) the second having at 20oC a solubility from 0.05g/litre to 500g/litre in water iii) the third having at 20oC having a solubility less than 0.05g/litre in water.