Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose (HPMC) is versatile that finds applications across various industries owing to its unique functionalities. From construction to pharmaceuticals, HPMC is pivotal in enhancing performance, stability, and efficacy in multiple products. Kemox will take you through the many uses of HPMC in different industries, understand its mechanism of action and delve into its many benefits.
HPMC is vegan and vegetarian friendly. Nobody really wants to swallow a capsule made from boiled cow bones if they have a choice, so gelatin capsules have become unpopular with educated consumers. HPMC has no natural taste, smell or colour, although many capsules will have colours added. Most people find HPMC easy to swallow. It also dissolves in the stomach quite quickly, often in just 5-10 minutes. Bovine gelatin capsules take longer to dissolve at more like 20 minutes. Tablets can take hours to dissolve completely. This makes HPMC capsules an ideal delivery method for most supplements, where we want the powdered vitamin or mineral content to arrive quickly and comfortably into the users stomach.
The HPMC capsule itself is made from a wood source, so is often described as natural. Of course the contents of the capsules you buy may or may not be from a natural source, but the shell itself will be.
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The applicant claims that the feed additive HPMC is specified to be manufactured to meet the specifications set for its use as a food additive. The main specifications as food and feed additive are: methoxyl groups ≥ 19 and ≤ 30%, hydroxypropoxyl groups ≥ 3 and ≤ 12%, loss on drying < 10%, sulfated ash < 1.5% (for products with viscosities of 50 mPa.s or above) or < 3% (for products with viscosities below 50 mPa.s). Five batches of the additive were analysed for some of the above specifications, resulting in: methoxyl groups (four batches) 23.5–29.2%, hydroxypropoxyl groups (four batches) 5.2–8.4%, loss on drying (one batch) 1.2% and sulfated ash (one batch) 0.6%. Only statements, without figures, of compliance with the specifications for some impurities (heavy metals, arsenic, solvents, microbial purity) were provided. Information on other impurities ((pesticides, dioxins, dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls, mycotoxins, botanical impurities) was not provided.
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HPMC, on the other hand, is Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose. It is produced by alkali treatment of refined cotton and further etherified using epichlorohydrin and chloromethane as etherifying agents, resulting in a nonionic mixed ether of cellulose. The degree of substitution is typically between 1.2 and 2.0, and its properties vary based on the ratio of methoxy and hydroxypropoxy groups.
HPMC is used as a thickening, emulsifying, and film-forming agent in creams, lotions, and shampoos. It is also used as a suspending agent in toothpaste and as a lubricant in makeup products.