Microcrystalline Cellulose Powder

What Is Microcrystalline Cellulose?

Microcrystalline Cellulose Powder, also known as MCC or cellulose gel, is a purified, partially depolymerized cellulose, mainly composed of linear polysaccharides bonded by β-1,4-glucosidic bonds, with a degree of polymerization of about 3000~10000 glucose molecules. It is a free-flowing, extremely fine short rod-shaped or powdery porous particle that is hydrolyzed from natural cellulose to the limit degree of polymerization by dilute acid. It is white or nearly white in color, odorless and tasteless. It is widely used as an excipient, binder and disintegrant in pharmaceutical tablets, a suspending agent in liquid pharmaceutical preparations, a stabilizer and binder in food applications, and a stabilizer, binder, disintegrant and processing aid in cosmetics. In the food industry, it is a worthy food additive for improving the taste of food, reducing the calories of food, and preventing obesity.

Product Details Table

Characteristics

Good fluidity: It is in the form of extremely fine short rods or powdery porous particles, with strong fluidity and easy processing.

High stability: It is stable at room temperature, can be compressed into sheets, can be dispersed in water, absorbs water and swells, and can withstand high temperature, high humidity, and strong light.

Adsorption: It has good adsorption and can increase the mineral content of food by adsorbing metal ions without affecting the taste of food.

Physiological Effects

Improve digestive system function

It can absorb a lot of water, form colloids in the stomach, increase stool volume, and promote intestinal peristalsis, thereby effectively alleviating constipation problems. It can also regulate the balance of intestinal flora, promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, improve the intestinal environment, and enhance digestion and absorption capacity.

Assist in nutritional supplementation and weight management

Rich in dietary fiber, these fibers cannot be digested and absorbed in the human body, but can provide a lasting sense of fullness, help reduce the intake of other foods, and thus assist in weight management. At the same time, dietary fiber can also promote the absorption and utilization of nutrients and provide the body with necessary nutritional supplements.

Promote cardiovascular health

It has the ability to bind cholesterol and excrete it from the intestines, thereby reducing the cholesterol content in the blood. This effect helps prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.

Assist in regulating blood sugar levels

It can slow down the digestion and absorption of food in the gastrointestinal tract and avoid a sharp increase in blood sugar. This feature is of great significance for the prevention of diabetes and its complications. By stabilizing blood sugar levels, microcrystalline cellulose helps maintain the overall health of the body.

Beauty skin care and skin tone improvement

It can penetrate deep into the skin, closely bind to melanocytes, effectively inhibit the production of melanin, and thus achieve the effect of whitening and lightening spots. At the same time, it can also promote skin metabolism, accelerate the shedding of old cells and the generation of new cells, and help improve dull skin tone and remove yellow and black skin.

Main Uses

Food

Beverages: It can make instant beverages form stable colloidal solutions, improve dispersibility and stability. Adding stabilizers composed of microcrystalline cellulose, starch and maltodextrin to instant chocolate or cocoa beverages can prevent the powder from getting damp and agglomerating, and make the brewed beverages highly stable and dispersible.

Baked foods: Such as bread and cakes, it can enhance the toughness and gas retention of the dough, making the finished product softer and fluffier.

Dairy products: Adding microcrystalline cellulose to yogurt can effectively ensure the stability of dairy products.

Cosmetics

Emulsion: It can thicken and emulsify, making it more delicate, uniform and stable.

Shampoo: It helps to improve the performance of shampoo, such as emulsified body shampoo and particle-containing shampoo, improve suspension stability and improve viscosity stability at high and low temperatures.

Facial mask: The colloid formed by its water suspension under mechanical force can stabilize the emulsion and has good moisturizing properties.

Makeup: In makeup, it is mainly used in foundation, concealer, eye shadow and other products. It can enhance the covering power, improve the color saturation and make the makeup more perfect.

Medical and health care

Tablet excipient: MCC can be directly pressed into tablets, simplify the process and improve production efficiency.

Capsule filler: used to fill capsules to ensure the uniform distribution and stability of health products and drugs in capsules.

Disintegrant: promotes the rapid disintegration of health products and drugs in the body, accelerates release and absorption.

Suspending agent for suspension: increases the stability of suspension and prevents the sedimentation of drug particles.

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