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ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Ethylhexyl Salicylate is the ester of 2-ethylhexyl alcohol and salicylic acid. It conforms to the formula:

ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Light Stabilizer, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter, with CAS number 118-60-5 and EC number 204-263-4. CosIng records a restriction against it (VI/20), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 8 product labels, reaching position 3 on Viso 50 alta. Fulton (1989) grades it 0 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
118-60-5
EC NUMBER
204-263-4
COSING FUNCTIONS
Light Stabilizer, Uv Absorber, Uv Filter
COSING RESTRICTION
VI/20
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
0 / 5

Sample products containing ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Anthelios Dermo-Pediatrics SPF 50+ Spray Multi-Positions #4
Lait Solaire Enfant FPS 50 #5
HiPP Babysanft Sonnenschutz #6
Eau de toilette nature sport #7
Viso 50 alta #3
Leche solar 50+ #5
Q10 Anti-Falten POWER #12
Miss Kay Boyfriend Tee EDP Kadın Parfüm 25 ml #5

Query ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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