Lecithins
Raw Materials
Lecithins can be obtained from both plant and animal raw materials. Other plant raw materials apart from the soybean include oilseeds such as rapeseed, sunflowerseed and maize.
Today, crude plant lecithins are produced solely as a by-product of the production and refining of vegetable oils.
The crude lecithin supplied by oil mills is subject to natural fluctuations in its structure and composition, and in this form it is not yet suitable for use in high-quality end products.
This is where our task begins:
Special lecithins are produced by subjecting the crude lecithins to a process of standardization, filtration, deodorization, fractionation or enzymatic modification.