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METHYL SALICYLATE

EU Annex III fragrance allergen

Methyl Salicylate is the ester of methyl alcohol and salicylic acid. It conforms to the formula:

METHYL SALICYLATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Denaturant, Oral Care, Soothing, Perfuming, Flavouring, with CAS number 119-36-8 and EC number 204-317-7. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/324), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 1 product label, reaching position 10 on Scholl Fuß Pflege Bad. It is on the EU Annex III fragrance-allergen list (Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1545), so labelling rules apply above the regulated thresholds.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
119-36-8
EC NUMBER
204-317-7
COSING FUNCTIONS
Denaturant, Oral Care, Soothing, Perfuming, Flavouring
COSING RESTRICTION
III/324

Sample products containing METHYL 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
Scholl Fuß Pflege Bad #10

Query METHYL SALICYLATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "METHYL 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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