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-19 vaccines and their ingredients:

• Pfizer/BioNTech – The full list of ingredients for the Pfizer vaccine 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.
    

You can also view the CDC’s Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (also known as COMIRNATY): Overview and Safety information.

• Moderna – The full list of ingredients for the Moderna vaccine 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.

You can also view the CDC’s Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (also known as Spikevax): Overview and Safety information.

• Johnson & Johnson/Janssen – The full list of ingredients for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine 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.

You can also view the CDC’s Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine: Overview and Safety information.

More Information can be found on the CDC website.