What does Tea-salicylate do?

Used in cosmetics as a UV filter, a preservative and a light stabiliser. TEA-Salicylate is the triethanolamine salt of salicylic acid.

Is Tea-salicylate safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

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Tea-salicylate

CAS 99-01-4

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

7376-33-2 · 8014-28-6 · 2174-16-5

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Tea-salicylate in plain language

What it is: Also known as Trolamine salicylate · Triethanolamine salicylate · 2-Hydroxybenzoic acid--2,2',2''-nitrilotri(ethan-1-ol) (1/1) · Arthricream · Arthricream with Aloe · Arthritis Cream
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Arthritis Leader · Arthritis Relief · Arthritis with Aloe · Asper-Flex · Asper-Flex Cream · Cannaflex · DCH Arthritis Relief · Hempvana · Hempvana Pain Relief · Myoflex · Neo heliopan ts · Neotan w · Salicylic acid triethanolamine salt · Salicylic acid, compd. with 2,2',2''-nitrilotriethanol (1:1) · Trolamin Salicylate · Trolamine salicylate (USP) · tea salicylate
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a UV filter, a preservative and a light stabiliser. TEA-Salicylate is the triethanolamine salt of salicylic acid.
UV filter
Preservative
Light stabilizer
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Tea-salicylate appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
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USFDAmarketed drug occurrence2 entries
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 1 total products.Source →
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 26 active drug products and 26 total products.Source →
EUCosIngActiveTEA-Salicylate is the triethanolamine salt of salicylic acid that conforms generally to the formula: Restriction: V/3
- TEA-Salicylate is the triethanolamine salt of salicylic acid that conforms generally to the formula: Restriction: V/3Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 5 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, UV stabilizer.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 5 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, UV stabilizer.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Tea-salicylate. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Tea-salicylate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

7 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated July 2016
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2026-12-31
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

DairyContains · Oral (ingested)
Source: chemindex_name_match

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Tea-salicylate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Personal care

Typical roles

UV filterPreservativeLight stabilizer

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