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SALICYLIC ACID

Not on the EU Annex III list

Salicylic Acid is the aromatic acid that conforms to the formula:

SALICYLIC ACID is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Anti-Seborrheic, Hair Conditioning, Keratolytic, Fragrance, Preservative, Skin Conditioning, with CAS number 69-72-7 and EC number 200-712-3. CosIng records a restriction against it (III/98 V/3), so check the corresponding Annex entry before formulating. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 4 product labels, reaching position 10 on Anti Schuppen Shampoo-Konzentrat.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
69-72-7
EC NUMBER
200-712-3
COSING FUNCTIONS
Anti-Seborrheic, Hair Conditioning, Keratolytic, Fragrance, Preservative, Skin Conditioning
COSING RESTRICTION
III/98 V/3

Sample products containing SALICYLIC ACID

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
Anti-Dandruff Shampoo #11
Cucumber Fresh shampoo #18
Anti Schuppen Shampoo-Konzentrat #10
Clairol Colour Strong 8.1 Medium Ash Blonde 1 Pack #35

Query SALICYLIC ACID in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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