Soya Lecithin
Awareness towards healthy lifestyle are propelling the demand for the nutrient rich foods, beverages and supplements ultimately expected to push companies to use nutrient rich and cost effective products like soya lecithin. Soya lecithin is one of the most widely used food additives in the market today. Soya lecithin is vital, multifunctional, active substance used in manufacturing a variety of food products, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and animal feeds among other wide ranging applications.
Soya Lecithin is brownish coloured viscous liquid which is obtained while refining of soya oil, where up to 3% steam or water is added to crude oil with slow agitation to hydrate the lecithin. These hydrated gums are then removed by continuous centrifugation The Lecithin is a mixture of 3 types of phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphotidylinositol.
Octagon foods, one of the leading producer of super quality Non-GMO Soya Lecithin and one of largest supplier and exporter in India. Octagon foods strive to produce high grade soya lecithin by customer collaboration and continuous improvement in quality process. Octagon soy lecithin contains high nutritional values and widely used by our consumers in various industries.
Octagon Soya Lecithin Applications:
- Food Industries
- Feed Industries
- Healthcare Industries
- Pharmaceuticals Industries
- Cosmetic Industries

Octagon Soya Lecithin Specification
|
|
Soya Licithin Liquid |
|---|---|---|
Appearance |
Semi Liquid |
|
Colour |
Brown to dark brown |
|
Moisture |
% (Max) |
1 |
Acid Value |
KOH/g (Max) |
30 |
Peroxide Value |
m. eq. |
5 |
Hexane Insoluble |
% (Max) |
0.3 |
Acetone Insoluble |
% (Min) |
62 |
Viscosity |
Poise |
80-120 |
Microbial Count |
cfu/gm (Max) |
3000 |
Coliforms |
cfu/gm (Max) |
Nil |
E. Coli. |
cfu/gm (Max) |
Nil |
Yeast & Mould |
cfu/gm (Max) |
100 |


