Food additive, an inactive

Hypromellose

Hypromellose (hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose) is a cellulose ether authorised in the EU as food additive E464; Prilosec OTC tablets list it among their inactive ingredients.

E number E464

In products
2
Brands
2
Sold in
1 country

Hypromellose on the label

2 spellings across 2 ingredient lists, as transcribed from the pack. Bigger means more labels; the flags are where those packs are sold.

  • Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose1 label, United States
  • Hypromellose1 label, United States

Products with hypromellose 2

One pack from each of the ranges that use it most, with where hypromellose sits in its list.

Who uses it

Counted in products on Barcodepedia, not in sales.

About hypromellose

Hypromellose (hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose) is a cellulose ether authorised in the EU as food additive E464;[1] Prilosec OTC tablets list it among their inactive ingredients.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II Part B: Union list of food additives (version of 2020-12-31) legislation.gov.uk. registry. Published 2020-12-31. Accessed 2026-09-25. OGL v3.0.
  2. ↑ DailyMed: PRILOSEC OTC (omeprazole magnesium) tablet, delayed release [The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company] U.S. National Library of Medicine. registry. Published 2025-10-03. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 77ed80a2-a482-4838-ac55-4865b5c31d9f. SPL version 16: Drug Facts, inactive ingredients, principal display panel for NDC 37000-455-03 (28 tablets, UPC 0 37000 35906 7). public domain. Upstream: FDA structured product label.
Last edited 2026-09-25 View history Sign in to edit

Reuse freely with credit: text CC BY-SA 4.0, data ODbL. Cite this page as Source: Barcodepedia, https://barcodepedia.com/ingredient/hypromellose (licence).