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Posted 5/26/2021

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What Ingredients are in the COVID-19 Vaccines?

Many people are curious to know what the ingredients are for the three currently available COVID-
19 vaccines in the US.

Here is a breakdown of the three COVID vaccines and their ingredients:

Pfizer Vaccine: The full list of ingredients for the Pfizer vaccine

(https://www.fda.gov/media/144414/download#page=2) is:

mRNA, lipids ((4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis(2-hexyldecanoate), 2

[(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide, 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-

phosphocholine, and cholesterol), potassium chloride, monobasic potassium

phosphate, sodium chloride, dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate, and sucrose.

The Pfizer vaccine does not contain eggs, preservatives, or latex.

 Moderna Vaccine: The full list of ingredients for the Moderna vaccine

(https://www.fda.gov/media/144638/download#page=2) is:

Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), lipids (SM-102, polyethylene glycol [PEG] 2000

dimyristoyl glycerol [DMG], cholesterol, and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine [DSPC]),

tromethamine,tromethamine hydrochloride, acetic acid, sodium acetate trihydrate, and
sucrose.

The Moderna vaccine does not contain eggs, preservatives, or latex.

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine: The full list of ingredients for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
(https://www.fda.gov/media/146305/download#page=2) is:

Recombinant, replication-incompetent adenovirus type 26 expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike

protein,

citric acid monohydrate, trisodium citrate dihydrate, ethanol, 2 hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin

(HBCD),

 polysorbate-80, sodium chloride.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine does not contain eggs, preservatives, or latex.

More Information can be found on the CDC website (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-

ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines.html).