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Soya Lecithin is a mixture of phosphatides extracted from
vegetable oil and meets international food standards of high
quality.
The Specifications
| Colour |
: Light brown to yellow |
| Appearance |
: Semi liquid, viscous syrup |
| Odour |
: Predominately soya |
| Taste |
: Characteristic of soyabean |
| Specific gravity |
: 1.040 + 0.005 at 25 oC |
| Moisture |
: 0.8 % to 1.5 % |
| Acid value |
: 25 to 35 |
| Toulene insoluble |
: 0.5 % to 1 % |
| Acetone insolubles |
: 60 % to 65 % |
| Solubility |
: Insoluble in water and acetone |
Soya Lecithin is a natural emulsifier that has been specifically
processed keeping in mind its end uses. It is being used
by the food industries, pharmaceuticals and in the manufacture
of candy products, bakery products, margarine, chocolates,
and other food products. It functions as a viscosity reducing
agent, emulsifying agent, as an enhancer of taste and nutritive
quality, as an antioxidant, as an emollient, etcIndustrial
grade lecithin is being used by various industries for manufacturing
different products, details of which are given below :
| Printing inks, paints and
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: As emulsifying, wetting
and dispersing agent |
| Other surface coatings |
: dispersing agent |
| Leather |
: As wetting and softening agent |
| Taste |
: As accelerating, dispersing and softening
agent |
| Resins and plastics |
: As mould lubricant |
| Cosmetics and soaps |
: As emulsifying agent, antioxidant and
emollient |
| Petroleum derivatives |
: As antioxidant and additive to lubricant,
to prevent gum formation |
| Paper manufacture |
: As defoaming agent |
| Alcohol and yeast manufacture |
: As antifoaming agent |
The correct composition of the different active phosphatides
in Soya lecithin is the reason for its versatile utility.
Soya lecithin is available in bulk in new HMHDPE Plastic
drums of 200 Kgs.
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