ʻO ka Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) kahi polymer cellulose kūlohelohe i hoʻohana nui ʻia e like me ka hoʻopihapiha, hoʻopili, a me ka disintegrant i nā ʻoihana lāʻau a me nā meaʻai. Hoʻokumu ʻia ia me nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi like ʻole i loaʻa ke ʻano crystalline, a hana ʻia ma ka mālama ʻana i ka cellulose maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe me nā ʻakika mineral, a ukali ʻia e ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻomaloʻo ʻana.

ʻO ka MCC he pauda keʻokeʻo, ʻala ʻole a ʻono ʻole i hiki ʻole ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai a me ka hapa nui o nā mea hoʻoheheʻe organik. Loaʻa iā ia ka compressibility maikaʻi loa, kahi i koho nui ʻia no ka hana ʻana i ka papa, no ka mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kahe a me ka like ʻole o nā mea hana i ka papa. Loaʻa iā MCC nā waiwai paʻa maikaʻi, e kōkua i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka papa i ka wā hana a me ka lawe ʻana.

Ma waho aʻe o kona hoʻohanaʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me kaʻoihana meaʻai, hoʻohanaʻia ka MCC i nā mea'ē aʻe, e like me ka hanaʻana i ka pepa a me ka pepa pahu, a me ka hana hana a me ka pena. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo MCC he palekana no ka ʻai kanaka a ua ʻae ʻia e nā ʻoihana hoʻoponopono e like me FDA a me EFSA.