List of vaccine ingredients
This list of vaccine ingredients indicates the culture media used in the production of common vaccines and the excipients they contain, as published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration. Vaccine ingredients and production in other nations are substantially the same. Also listed are substances used in the manufacturing process.
To read the prescribing information for each individual vaccine, see
| Vaccine | Culture media | Excipients |
| Adenovirus vaccine | Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium, human diploid fibroblast cell culture | Acetone, alcohol, anhydrous lactose, castor oil, cellulose acetate phthalate, dextrose, D-fructose, D-mannose, FD&C Yellow #6 aluminum lake dye, fetal bovine serum, human serum albumin, magnesium stearate, micro crystalline cellulose, plasdone C, Polacrilin potassium, potassium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, sucrose |
| Anthrax vaccine | Puziss–Wright medium 1095, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum hydroxide, amino acids, benzethonium chloride, formaldehyde, inorganic salts and sugars, vitamins |
| BCG | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Asparagine, citric acid, lactose, glycerin, iron ammonium citrate, magnesium sulfate, potassium phosphate |
| DTaP | Cohen–Wheeler or Stainer–Scholte media, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum phosphate, formaldehyde, Glutaraldehyde, 2-phenoxyethanol |
| DTaP | Cohen–Wheeler or Stainer–Scholte media, Lathan medium derived from bovine casein, Linggoud–Fenton medium derived from bovine extract, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum hydroxide, bovine extract, formaldehyde, glutaraldhyde, polysorbate 80 |
| DTaP | Cohen–Wheeler or Stainer–Scholte media, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum potassium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, bovine extract, formaldehyde, gelatin, peptone, polysorbate 80, sodium phosphate, thimerosal |
| DTaP-Hib | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum potassium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, bovine extract, formaldehyde or formalin, gelatin, polysorbate 80, sucrose, thimerosal |
| DTaP-IPV | Vero cell culture, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum hydroxide, calf serum, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, lactalbumin hydrolysate, neomycin sulfate, polymyxin B, polysorbate 80 |
| DTaP-HepB-IPV | Bovine protein, Lathan medium derived from bovine casein, Linggoud–Fenton medium derived from bovine extract, Vero cell culture, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, calf serum, lactalbumin hydrolysate, formaldehyde, glutaraldhyde, neomycin sulfate, polymyxin B, polysorbate 80, yeast protein |
| DTaP-IPV-Hib | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum phosphate, bovine serum albumin, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, MRC-5 cellular protein, neomycin, polymyxin B sulfate, polysorbate 80, 2-phenoxyethanol |
| DT vaccine | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum potassium sulfate, bovine extract, formaldehyde, thimerosal |
| DT vaccine | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum hydroxide, formaldehyde or formalin |
| Hib vaccine | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Ammonium sulfate, formaldehyde, sucrose |
| Hib vaccine | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate |
| Hib vaccine | Semisynthetic | Formaldehyde, lactose |
| Hib-HepB | Synthetic or semisynthetic, yeast or yeast extract | Amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, amino acids, dextrose, formaldehyde, hemin chloride, mineral salts, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, potassium aluminum sulfate, sodium borate, soy peptone, yeast protein |
| Hepatitis A vaccine | Human diploid tissue culture | Aluminum hydroxide, amino acid supplement, formalin, MRC-5 cellular protein, neomycin sulfate, phosphate buffers, polysorbate 20 |
| Hepatitis A vaccine | Human diploid tissue culture | Amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, bovine albumin or serum, formaldehyde, MRC-5 cellular protein, sodium borate |
| Hepatitis B vaccine | Yeast or yeast extract | Aluminum hydroxide, phosphate buffers, yeast protein |
| Hepatitis B vaccine | Yeast or yeast extract | Amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, amino acids, dextrose, formaldehyde, mineral salts, potassium aluminum sulfate, soy peptone, yeast protein |
| HepA-HepB vaccine | Human diploid tissue culture, yeast or yeast extract | Aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, amino acids, formalin, MRC-5 cells, neomycin sulfate, phosphate buffers, polysorbate 20, yeast protein |
| Human papillomavirus | Trichoplusia ni cells | Aluminum hydroxide, amino acids, lipids, mineral salts, sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate, type 16 viral protein L1, type 18 viral protein L1, vitamins |
| Human papillomavirus | Yeast or yeast extract | Amino acids, amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, carbohydrates, L-histidine, mineral salts, polysorbate 80, sodium borate, vitamins, yeast protein |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken embryo | Beta-propiolactone, calcium chloride, dibasic sodium phosphate, egg protein, monobasic potassium phosphate, monobasic sodium phosphate, neomycin sulfate, polymyxin B, potassium chloride, sodium taurodeoxychoalate, thimerosal |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken embryo | Egg proteins, formaldehyde, polysorbate 80, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, neomycin sulfate, kanamycin |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken embryo | Squalene, polysorbate 80, sorbitan trioleate, sodium citrate dehydrate, citric acid monohydrate, neomycin, kanamycin, barium, egg proteins, CTAB, formaldehyde |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken embryo | Formaldehyde, octoxynol-10, α-tocopheryl hydrogen succinate, polysorbate 80, hydrocortisone, gentamicin sulfate, ovalbumin, sodium deoxycholate, sucrose, phosphate buffer |
| Influenza vaccine | insect cell line | Monobasic sodium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, polysorbate 20, baculovirus and host cell proteins, baculovirus and cellular DNA, Triton X-100, lipids, vitamins, amino acids, mineral salts |
| Influenza vaccine | Madin Darby Canine Kidney cell protein | Madin Darby Canine Kidney cell protein, MDCK cell DNA, polysorbate 80, cetyltrimethlyammonium bromide, β-propiolactone, phosphate buffer |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken embryo | Formaldehyde, á-tocopheryl hydrogen succinate, polysorbate 80, sodium deoxycholate, thimerosal, ovalbumin |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken embryo | Beta-propiolactone, egg protein, neomycin, nonylphenol ethoxylate, polymyxin, thimerosal, thimerosal |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken embryo | Egg protein, formaldehyde, gelatin, octylphenol ethoxylate, sodium phosphate, thimerosal |
| Influenza vaccine | Chicken kidney cells, chicken embryo | Arginine, dibasic potassium phosphate, egg protein, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, gentamicin sulfate, hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, monobasic potassium phosphate, monosodium glutamate, sucrose |
| Japanese encephalitis vaccine | Mouse brain culture | Formaldehyde or formalin, gelatin, mouse serum protein, polysorbate 80, thimerosal |
| Japanese encephalitis vaccine | Vero cell culture | Aluminum hydroxide, bovine serum albumin, formaldehyde, protamine sulfate, sodium metabisulphite |
| Meningococcal vaccine | Modified Mueller–Miller medium, Mueller–Hinton agar, Watson–Scherp medium | Formaldehyde, phosphate buffers |
| Meningococcal vaccine | Watson–Scherp media, Mueller–Hinton agar | Lactose, thimerosal |
| Meningococcal vaccine | Franz complete medium | Amino acids, formaldehyde, yeast extract |
| MMR vaccine | Human diploid tissue culture, Medium 199 | Amino acids, fetal bovine serum, glutamate, hydrolyzed gelatin, neomycin, recombinant human serum albumin, sodium phosphate, sorbitol, sucrose, vitamins |
| MMRV vaccine | Human diploid tissue cultures, Medium 199 | Bovine calf serum, dibasic potassium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, human albumin, human serum albumin, hydrolyzed gelatin, monobasic potassium phosphate, monosodium L-glutamate, MRC-5 cellular protein, neomycin, sodium bicarbonate, sorbitol, sucrose, potassium chloride |
| Pneumococcal vaccine | Bovine protein | Phenol |
| Pneumococcal vaccine | Soy peptone broth | Aluminum phosphate, ammonium sulfate, casamino acid, polysorbate 80, succinate buffer, yeast |
| Polio vaccine | Vero cell culture, Medium 199 | Calf serum protein, formaldehyde, neomycin, 2-phenoxyethanol, polymyxin B, streptomycin |
| Polio vaccine | Human diploid tissue culture | sodium chloride |
| Rabies vaccine | Human diploid tissue culture | Albumin, MRC-5 cells, neomycin sulfate, phenol |
| Rabies vaccine | Rhesus fetal lung tissue culture, chicken embryo | Amphotericin B, beta-propiolactone, chicken protein, chlortetracycline, human serum albumin, neomycin, ovalbumin, polygeline, potassium glutamate |
| Rotavirus vaccine | Vero cell culture | fetal bovine serum, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, sodium hydroxide, sucrose, polysorbate 80 |
| Rotavirus vaccine | Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium | Amino acids, calcium carbonate, dextran, sorbitol, sucrose, vitamins, xanthan |
| Td vaccine | Mueller–Miller medium, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum potassium sulfate, bovine muscle tissue, formaldehyde, peptone, thimerosal |
| Td vaccine | Modified Mueller's media, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum phosphate, ammonium phosphate, bovine extracts, formaldehyde, thimerosal |
| Tdap vaccine | Mueller's growth medium, Mueller–Miller casamino acidmedium, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum phosphate, ammonium sulfate, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, 2-phenoxyethanol |
| Tdap vaccine | Fenton media with bovine casein, Lathan medium derived from bovine casein, Linggoud–Fenton medium derived from bovine extract, Stainer–Scholte liquid medium, synthetic or semisynthetic | Aluminum hydroxide, bovine extract, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, polysorbate 80 |
| Typhoid vaccine | Synthetic or semisynthetic | Disodium phosphate, monosodium phosphate, phenol, polydimethylsiloxane, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide |
| Typhoid vaccine | Amino acids, ascorbic acid, casein, dextrose, galactose, lactose, sucrose, yeast extract | |
| Vaccinia | Vero cell culture | Glycerin, human serum albumin, mannitol, neomycin, phenol, polymyxin B |
| Varicella vaccine | Human diploid tissue cultures | Dibasic sodium phosphate, ethylenediamine tetra acetic acid sodium, fetal bovine serum, gelatin, glutamate, monobasic potassium phosphate, monobasic sodium phosphate, monosodium L-glutamate, MRC-5 DNA and cellular protein, neomycin, phosphate, potassium chloride, sucrose |
| [Yellow fever vaccine | Chicken embryo | Egg protein, gelatin, sorbitol |
| Zoster vaccine | Human diploid tissue cultures | Bovine calf serum, dibasic sodium phosphate, hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, monosodium L-glutamate, MRC-5 DNA and cellular protein, monobasic potassium phosphate, neomycin, potassium chloride, sucrose |