Microcrystalline Cellulose 102 USP, BP, Ph.Eur, JP, E460

What is Microcrystalline Cellulose? It is a purified, partially depolymerised cellulose powder derived from plant fibres.  It is widely used in pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic applications for its compressibility, binding, and bulking properties.

Shipped from Manchester, UK Facility: Sourced and packaged using non-toxic, chemical-resistant containers, ensuring reliable quality for our customers. This high-grade excipient meets USP, BP, Ph Eur, JP, and E460 food additive specifications.

Frequent Uses

Pharmaceutical Formulations
Used as a binder, filler, and disintegrant in tablets and capsules due to its excellent compressibility and flow characteristics.

Food and Beverage Products
Serves as a fat replacer, stabiliser, and texturiser in low-fat and processed foods (E460).

Cosmetic and Personal Care
Acts as a bulking agent and consistency enhancer in creams, powders, and personal care formulations.

Laboratory and Industrial Applications
Used in formulation development and quality control processes where excipient-grade cellulose is required.

• Pharmaceuticals
• Food Industry
• Cosmetics and Personal Care Products

Description: White or almost white, fine or granular powder

Solubility: Practically insoluble in water, acetone, ethanol, toluene, dil. Acetic acid and 50g/L soln sodium Hydroxide.

Identification: IR scan complies with spectrum of reference substance. Substance takes violet blue colour. A white, opaque, bubble-free dispersion is obtained that does not produce a supernatant liquid.

Degree of polymerisation: < 350

Identification A (IP): A red colour is produced

Identification B (IP): A blue-purple colour is produced

Solubility in ammoniacal solution of Copper tetramine: Soluble

pH: 5—7.5

Conductivity: < 75 µs/cm

Ether soluble substances: < 0.05%

Water soluble substances: < 0.24%

Arsenic: < 2ppm, mg/kg

Heavy metals: < 10 ppm, mg/kg

Assay: 97—102%

Starch (and Dextrin's): Not detectable

Organic impurities: No red colour is produced

Loss on drying: < 6%

Residue on ignition: < 0.05%

Particle size (retention on 200 mesh): > 45%

Particle size (retention on 60 mesh): < 8%

Bulk density: 0.26—0.33 gm/ml

Total aerobic microbial count: < 1000 cfu/g

Total yeasts and moulds: < 100 cfu/g

Escherichia Coli: Absent in 1g

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Absent in 1g

Staphylococcus aureus: Absent in 1g

Salmonella: Absent in 10g

Enterobacteriaceae: Absent in 1g

Carboxyl group: < 1%

Lead: < 2 ppm, mg/kg

Mercury: < 0.1 ppm, mg/kg

Cadmium: < 0.5ppm, mg/kg

Hazard Phrases: H0001