Micro Crystalline Cellulose Production Cost Reports

Micro Crystalline Cellulose production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Micro Crystalline Cellulose production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Micro Crystalline Cellulose. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Micro Crystalline Cellulose (MCC) (C6H10O5)n is wood pulp that has undergone refining. It is a pure, partially depolymerized cellulose that has been synthesized from α-cellulose precursor (type Iβ), derived in the form of a fibrous plant material pulp with mineral acids employing hydrochloric acid to lower the polymerization degree.

It looks like a white, crystalline, free-flowing, non-fibrous microparticle powder that is chemically inert and does not degrade upon digestion. When consumed in a high amount, it delivers dietary bulk, which can cause a laxative effect. MMC derived from different sources will significantly vary in structural organization, chemical composition, and physicochemical properties (moisture content, crystallinity, surface area and porous structure, molecular weight, etc.).

It is not soluble in water, various organic solvents and dilute acids; however, have slight solubility in the alkali solution of 20%. It is odourless and tasteless with various properties like chemical purity/low reactivity, great binding ability, improved disintegrating property, better flowability, absorbency, and fast wicking action that allows rapid addition of granulation fluid.

Micro Crystalline Cellulose is a typically used excipient in the pharmaceutical sector. It has great compressibility, due to which it is ideally used in solid forms like tablets, and it can also be used as a flow aid, adsorbent, disintegrating agent, filler, anti-sticking agent, and capsule diluents.

Besides the pharmaceutical areas, it is also present in several processed food items and can be used as a stabilizer, anti-caking agent, texture modifier, or suspending agent etc., which furthers the market growth. Also, as a base material, it can be used in functional foods, making it an ideal health food additive; as a thickener and emulsifier in the paint industry; in cosmetics due to its combined filler, thickening and emulsifying properties.