Is Vicks VapoCool Severe Cold & Flu + Congestion, DayQuil/NyQuil, Caplets Pescatarian?

This product may or may not be pescatarian as it lists 3 ingredients that could derive from red meat or poultry depending on the source. We recommend contacting the manufacturer directly to confirm.

Why it's a maybe for pescatarian

  • polyethylene glycol
  • stearic acid
  • magnesium stearate

polyethylene glycol

Dietitian note

This ingredient could be derived from animal sources but is not usually seen in food (more typically seen in medications, supplements, cosmetics and/or cleaning supplies).

Note by Rhyan Geiger, RDN

Keep checking with Spoonful

Explore available ingredient explanations and check other groceries against your dietary needs.

Product Image

Description

Smooth, glossy caplets deliver a pronounced cool, minty flavor with crisp aftertaste; texture is firm and swallowable. People typically take daytime or nighttime doses with water according to package directions. Reviews commonly note strong cooling taste, ease of swallowing, mixed opinions on caplet size, some reports of effectiveness and drowsiness.

Spoonful app scanning a product

Scan products instantly

500K+ downloads • 4.6★ rating

Download on App StoreGet it on Google Play

Free download • No credit card

Ingredients

Active Ingredients: NyQuil + VapoCool Cold & Flu (In Each Caplet): Acetaminophen (325 mg), Dextromethorphan HBr (10 mg), Dextromethorphan HBr (10 mg), Phenylephrine HCI (5 mg). Purpose: Pain Reliever/Fever Reducer, Cough Suppressant, Cough Suppressant, Nasal decongestant. Inactive Ingredients: Crospovidone, D&C Yellow No. 10 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Blue No. 1 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Blue No. 2 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6 Aluminum Lake, Flavor, Magnesium Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Polyethylene Glycol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Povidone, Pregelatinized Starch, Silicon Dioxide, Stearic Acid, Sucralose, Talc, Titanium Dioxide Active Ingredients: DayQuil + VapoCool Cold & Flu (In Each Caplet): Acetaminophen (325 mg), Dextromethorphan HBr (10 mg), Guaifenesin (200 mg), Phenylephrine HCI (5 mg). Purpose: Pain Reliver/Fever Reducer., Cough Suppresant., Expectorant., Nasal Decongestant. Inactive Ingredients: Croscarmellose Sodium, Crospovidone, FD&C Yellow No. 6 Aluminum Lake, Flavor, Maltodextrin, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Polyethylene Glycol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Povidone, Pregelatinized Starch, Silicon Dioxide, Stearic Acid, Sucralose, Talc, Titanium Dioxide

Check Vicks VapoCool Severe Cold & Flu + Congestion, DayQuil/NyQuil, Caplets against your own diets in the app.

Where to buy

Vicks VapoCool Severe Cold & Flu + Congestion, DayQuil/NyQuil, Caplets is available at 1 retailer

H-E-B

About this product

Unknown · Piece