Is Homosalate Safe?
The FDA has not decided. In its 2019 proposed sunscreen rule, it listed homosalate among the active ingredients with the most significant gaps in the record, and said it expects data from all the types of studies it described will need to be submitted to support general recognition of safety and effectiveness.
The EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, in a June 2021 opinion that considered concerns about potential endocrine disrupting properties, concluded that homosalate is not safe as a UV filter in cosmetics at concentrations up to 10 percent, and safe up to 0.5 percent in the final product, while describing the evidence for endocrine disrupting properties as inconclusive and at best equivocal. In advice finalized December 2, 2021, the committee said homosalate is safe as a UV filter at up to 7.34 percent in face cream and pump spray.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2195 restricts homosalate to face products, non-spray and pump spray, at up to 7.34 percent. Non-complying products may not be placed on the EU market from January 1, 2025 or made available there from July 1, 2025.
Sources checked September 15, 2026. Every point below links the page it came from.
The sources behind this answer
- Regulatory filingIn its 2019 proposed rule, the FDA listed homosalate among sunscreen ingredients with the most significant gaps in the administrative record, expecting data from all study types it described to be needed. US FDA, Federal Register ↗
- Government sourceIn June 2021 the SCCS concluded, considering concerns about potential endocrine disrupting properties, that homosalate is not safe as a UV filter in cosmetic products at concentrations of up to 10 percent. EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety ↗
- Government sourceIn the same opinion the SCCS said homosalate as a UV filter is safe for consumers up to a maximum concentration of 0.5 percent in the final product. EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety ↗
- Government sourceThe SCCS regarded the available evidence for endocrine disrupting properties of homosalate as inconclusive and at best equivocal. EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety ↗
- Government sourceIn advice finalized December 2, 2021, the SCCS said homosalate is safe as a UV filter at concentrations up to 7.34 percent in face cream and pump spray. EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety ↗
- Regulatory filingRegulation (EU) 2022/2195 restricts homosalate to face products at up to 7.34 percent, with non-complying products barred from the EU market from January 1, 2025 and from sale from July 1, 2025. European Commission, Regulation (EU) 2022/2195, via web.archive.org ↗
Sources checked September 15, 2026. A brand statement is the company’s own claim, which we report but have not verified. Our grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests.