Powdered Cellulose
Premium pharmaceutical grade powdered cellulose with excellent binding, disintegrating, and bulking properties for tablet formulations.
Premium pharmaceutical grade powdered cellulose with excellent binding, disintegrating, and bulking properties for tablet formulations.
Powdered Cellulose is a refined, mechanically disintegrated cellulose prepared by processing alpha cellulose. It serves as an excellent pharmaceutical excipient with multiple functionalities including binding, disintegrating, and bulking properties in tablet formulations.
| Appearance | White to off-white powder |
| Particle Size (D50) | 50-100 μm |
| Moisture Content | ≤ 5.0% |
| Bulk Density | 0.3-0.5 g/cm³ |
| Tapped Density | 0.4-0.7 g/cm³ |
| Angle of Repose | ≤ 40° |
| Solubility | Insoluble in water and organic solvents |
| pH (1% suspension) | 5.0 - 7.5 |
| Ash Content | ≤ 0.3% |
| Acid Insoluble Ash | ≤ 0.1% |
| Heavy Metals | ≤ 10 ppm |
| Lead | ≤ 2 ppm |
| Arsenic | ≤ 2 ppm |
| Mercury | ≤ 1 ppm |
| Total Aerobic Count | ≤ 1000 CFU/g |
| Yeast & Mold | ≤ 100 CFU/g |
| E. coli | Absent/g |
| Salmonella | Absent/25g |
| S. aureus | Absent/g |
| P. aeruginosa | Absent/g |
Excellent binding agent for direct compression tablets.
Promotes rapid tablet disintegration and drug release.
Provides bulk and improves tablet weight uniformity.
Used as filler in hard gelatin capsules.
Prevents powder agglomeration and improves flow.
Used in food industry as anti-caking and bulking agent.