Product record
Imodium Instants 6 Orodispersible Tablets
UK carton of six 2 mg loperamide hydrochloride orodispersible tablets for short-term and IBS diarrhoea, licensed to McNeil Products Limited (Kenvue).
Versions & editions
UK Summary of Product Characteristics, PL 15513/0345 (revised 21 Apr 2026)[3]
United Kingdom · English · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes · Other observations
- Evidence observed
- 2026-09-13
Full excipient list (section 6.1); covers the 2, 3, 4 and 6 tablet packs of this licence.
Ingredients
Published recipe inputs
Original statement & ingredient evidence
Gelatin, Mannitol, Aspartame, Sodium hydrogen carbonate, Mint flavour (contains maltodextrin (which contains glucose), benzyl alcohol and traces of sulphites)
Published recipe inputs
- Loperamide hydrochloride — Loperamide hydrochloride · active substance [3] known2 mg per tablet (SmPC section 2)
- Gelatine — Gelatin · excipient [3] known
- Mannitol — Mannitol · excipient [3] known
- Aspartame — Aspartame · excipient [3] known0.750 mg per tablet (SmPC section 2)
- Sodium hydrogen carbonate — Sodium hydrogen carbonate · excipient [3] known
- Flavourings — Mint flavour · excipient [3] knowncontains traces of sulphites
- Maltodextrin — maltodextrin (which contains glucose) · component [3] knownless than 0.24 mg per tablet (SmPC section 2)
- Benzyl alcohol — benzyl alcohol · component [3] knownless than 0.00066 mg per tablet (SmPC section 2)
- Maltodextrin — maltodextrin (which contains glucose) · component [3] known
Allergen declarations
- contains: sulphites[3] · Traces of sulphites in the mint flavour.
Specifications
- Pharmaceutical form
- Orodispersible tablet (white to off-white, circular, freeze-dried)[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Orodispersible tablet (white to off-white, circular, freeze-dried)
known · printed
- Shelf life
- 36 month[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 36 months month
known · printed
- Storage
- Store in the original package.[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Store in the original package.
known · printed
Also printed on the carton.
- Material
- All-aluminium blister (paper, PET, aluminium, PVC, polyamide) in printed cardboard carton[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: All-aluminium blister (paper, PET, aluminium, PVC, polyamide) in printed cardboard carton
known · printed
SmPC lists packs of 2, 3, 4 or 6 tablets.
- First authorisation
- 2002-05-20[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 2002-05-20
known · printed
SmPC section 9.
Other observations & source differences (3)
Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.
- UK carton, front and back (Open Food Facts photos) supported · Compare evidence
Back photo uploaded 2025-11-14, front photo 2026-05-02; upload dates, not label-change dates.
- UK Summary of Product Characteristics, PL 15513/0345 (revised 21 Apr 2026) supported · selected
Full excipient list (section 6.1); covers the 2, 3, 4 and 6 tablet packs of this licence.
- Evidence awaiting context review unconfirmed · Compare evidence
Product facts
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- 5027097407319 check digit OK
- Brand
- Imodium
- Family
- Imodium Instants
- Pack
- printed cardboard carton with all-aluminium blister
- Sold in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom[1]
- Pieces
- 6
- Last observed on sale
- 2026-09-13
- Last sale evidence
- In stock at Nisa Local Excel (London E16) on Devo.
- GS1 prefix
- 502 · United Kingdom
- Status
- active
About this product
Imodium Instants 6 Orodispersible Tablets is a UK carton of six mint-flavoured tablets that dissolve on the tongue, each containing 2 mg of the anti-diarrhoeal loperamide hydrochloride, for short-term diarrhoea in adults and children over 12 and for doctor-diagnosed IBS diarrhoea in adults.[2] The freeze-dried tablets also contain gelatin, mannitol, aspartame and sodium hydrogen carbonate.[3] The product is licensed in the UK as PL 15513/0345, first authorised in 2002, to McNeil Products Limited,[3] a Reading-registered company owned by Kenvue Inc.[4][5] Imodium is a Kenvue brand,[6] and loperamide is sold under the Imodium name among others.[7] A London convenience store listed the pack at £6.50 in September 2026.[1]
More about this product
The old Barcodepedia site already listed this barcode in 2007 as "Imodium Instants (6's)".[8] McNeil Products Limited traded as Pfizer Consumer Healthcare until 2007.[4] Its American namesake McNeil Consumer Healthcare, founded in Philadelphia in 1879, became part of Kenvue.[9]
Where it's sold
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Imodium Instants 6pk, Nisa Local Excel on Devo[1] sourced
- Listing observed
- Recorded price
- GBP 6.50
- Condition
- new
Devo listing for Nisa Local Excel, London, carries this GTIN in its URL ("Imodium Instants 6pk", listed as 25g, in stock); the carton also prints UK product licence number PL 15513/0345.
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.
Other names for this product
Also known as
- Imodium Instants en
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Devo
Imodium Instants 6pk, Nisa Local Excel on Devo
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [1] ↗Open Food Facts
Open Food Facts: Imodium (5027097407319), front and back carton photos
catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [2] ↗emc (Datapharm)
Imodium Instants: Summary of Product Characteristics
registry · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (10)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 2 / 3 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 2 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 1 / 10 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- identity · unknown: Country of manufacture is not on the photographed panels; the carton sides naming the licence holder in full were not photographed.
- relationships · unknown: Registrant of GS1 company prefix 5027097 is not named by any public source; the gs1_prefix_owner row is derived.
- markets · unknown: Open Food Facts lists United States as a country, contradicted by the UK-only English pack with a UK product licence number; not listed.
- identity · unknown: UK legal supply category (GSL or P) not confirmed from a source read in this pass.
- schema · schema_gap: Review and assign legacy facts to coherent observations.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ Imodium Instants 6pk, Nisa Local Excel on Devo Devo. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-13.
- ↑ Open Food Facts: Imodium (5027097407319), front and back carton photos Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 5027097407319. front photo imgid 2, back panel photo imgid 1. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ Imodium Instants: Summary of Product Characteristics emc (Datapharm). registry. Published 2026-04-21. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 367. sections 2, 6.1, 6.5, 7, 8, 9. Upstream: McNeil Products Ltd.
- ↑ MCNEIL PRODUCTS LIMITED overview Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 02906848.
- ↑ MCNEIL PRODUCTS LIMITED persons with significant control Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 02906848.
- ↑ IMODIUM launches new Gut2Know app Kenvue. manufacturer. Published 2024-02-06. Accessed 2026-09-13.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Loperamide Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ↑ Barcodepedia (2007, archived): Imodium Instants (6's) Barcodepedia via Wayback Machine. other. Published 2007-09-12. Accessed 2026-09-13.
- ↑ Wikipedia: McNeil Consumer Healthcare Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
05027097407319- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
5027097407319
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