Salicylic Acid
Salicylic Acid carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 11 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Salicylic Acid appears in 11 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 11
- catalogued products
- #14,190
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 58%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
Salicylic Acid sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#14,190 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #14,190
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 989 others that also appear in exactly 11 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 11 products listing it (mean slot 14.4). Salicylic Acid usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 4 of 11 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Acne-Prone Skin Patches; equate stomach relief; Fragrance Free Hand Soap to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 85–100 score range to Salicylic Acid itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Acne-treatment supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
4 of 11 linked records have some flagged component
All 9 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 85–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Function
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 11 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Salicylic Acid
Products Containing Salicylic Acid
11 busy labels from the 11 indexed products that list Salicylic Acid:
Salicylic Acid vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Salicylic Acid: 11 listings averaging 94.5/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Salicylic Acid record
11 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Salicylic Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Salicylic Acid before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Salicylic Acid carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Salicylic Acid itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "Listed" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Salicylic Acid? ▼
Salicylic Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#14,190 of 247,206), appearing in 11 indexed products led by Acne-treatment. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Salicylic Acid do in food? ▼
Salicylic Acid is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Salicylic Acid). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.