Zinc oil additives

I was talking to an oil rep one day and he was totally against using zinc additives that was not formulated in the oil. He basically said that if wasn't in the oil, then it probably wouldn't mix in the oil and may just lay in the bottom of the pan. He wasn't selling any special oil to me just a conversation about zinc in oils vs additives.
I'm not too sure about that, although I have wondered about it. I do use oil with ZDDP already formulated in, though.