What are the ingredients in the flu vaccine?

The ingredients that are added (in addition to the antigen virus^#) in the following six US FDA-approved 2011-2012 influenza vaccines are:

Afluria from CSL Limited:
Beta-Propiolactone, Calcium Chloride, Neomycin, Ovalbumin, Polymyxin B, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Taurodeoxychoalate.

Fluvarix from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals:
Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin), Egg Protein, Formaldehyde or Formalin (to inactivate the virus), Gentamicin, Hydrocortisone, Octoxynol-10, á-Tocopheryl Hydrogen Succinate, Polysorbate 80 (an adjuvant), Sodium Deoxycholate, Sodium Phosphate, Thimerosal*

FluLaval from ID Biomedical Corporation:
Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin), Egg Protein, Formaldehyde or Formalin, Sodium Deoxycholate, Phosphate Buffers, Thimerosal

Fluvirin from Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited:
Beta-Propiolactone , Egg Protein, Neomycin, Polymyxin B, Polyoxyethylene 9-10 Nonyl Phenol (Triton N-101, Octoxynol 9), Thimerosal (in the multidose containers), Thimerosal* (much smaller amounts in the single-dose syringes)

Fluzone, Fluzone High-Dose, Fluzone Intradermal from Sanofi Pateur, Inc.:
Egg Protein, Formaldehyde or Formalin, Gelatin, Octoxinol-9 (Triton X-100), Thimerosal (only in multidose containers)

FluMist (nasal spray) from MedImmune Vaccines, Inc.:
Chick Kidney Cells, Egg Protein, Gentamicin Sulfate, Monosodium Glutamate,Sucrose Phosphate Glutamate Buffer

*Where "thimerosal" is marked with an asterisk (*) above, it indicates that the product should be considered equivalent to thimerosal-free products. This vaccine may contain trace amounts (<0.3 mcg) of mercury left after post-production thimerosal removal, but these amounts have no biological effect. JAMA 1999;282(18) and JAMA 2000;283(16)

# The virus may be added either in pieces or partial particles that are inactive, "dead", or it may be active, "alive", but attenuated (weakened) so that it is not able to make an otherwise healthy person ill.