sodium salicylate

Sodium salicylate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from salicylic acid.

Vegan? Yes Vegetarian? Yes

Classifications are made based on the available commercial supply of the ingredient, and are made based on the criteria on our classifications page.

Commercially available sodium salicylate is vegan and vegetarian.

Sodium salicylate is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug manufactured from salicylic acid.

Sources

  1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Sodium-Salicylate
  2. Johnson, W., Zhu, J., Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., Fiume, M. M., & Heldreth, B. (2025). Amended Safety Assessment of Salicylic Acid and Salicylates as Used in Cosmetics. International Journal of Toxicology, 44(4_suppl).
    https://doi.org/10.1177/10915818251389456