SOLEC® Soy Lecithin

Adds more value to functional foods than any other lecithin on the market.

SOLEC^® Lecithin offers a variety of products for spray release applications, emulsification, instantizing and viscosity modification for functional foods such as powdered health beverages, nutrition bars or heart healthy salad dressings.

Key benefits

Emulsification: Reduces interfacial surface tension between oil and water to prevent separation of the dispersed phase.
Release: Forms a no-stick coating between food and contact surfaces and prevents stickiness at the surface of functional foods products like chewy granola bars.
Instantizing: Improves the wettability, dispersibility and dustiness of powders.
Healthy nutrient: Soy lecithin is a source of choline, an essential nutrient for memory and cognitive function as well as liver function.

Raw materials

We offer various raw material options. Besides soybean, our range also includes non-allergenic alternatives sourced from rapeseed or sunflower.

Clean Label – Source of origin options

The SOLEC® IP range is produced from IP Conventional Ingredients, meaning that the soybeans are produced without the aid of biotechnology, with documented identity preservation at each stage of processing, independent third-party certification of conformance to defined IP procedures, and a maximum of 0.9% adventitious residual GM DNA as tested by our process testing protocols.

Types

Fluid Lecithins

Standard Grade Fluid Lecithins are stable fluid blends of natural phospholipids and soybean oil, and the most unrefined offering in the SOLEC® product line. Our consistent high quality makes these products the industry standards for dependability and functionality. SOLEC® Standard Grade Lecithins are available in unbleached and bleached variations, have AI ranges from 62% to 72%, with low to high viscosity options. Typical HLB of Standard Grade Lecithin is 4.

Deoiled/Granular Lecithins

SOLEC® Deoiled Lecithin products are essentially oil-free powders or granules. They are water dispersible, oil soluble and easy to measure and handle without pumps or other liquid handling equipment.

Deoiled lecithins can serve as multi-functional additives in a variety of applications:

as emulsifiers
as lubricity agents
to improve shelf-life
to improve texture and spreadability

Refined Value-added Lecithins

Our Refined Value-Added Lecithin products have been modified and further processed to produce bland, low-viscosity fluids. Flexible for use in a wide range of applications, they can be used as dispersants, wetting agents, emulsifiers, release agents and stabilizers, and are widely used in the food industry for spray release.

Reacted Value-Added Lecithins

Our Reacted Value-Added Lecithin products have been modified and further processed to improve water dispersibility. These products have a wide range of uses as dispersants, wetting agents and emulsifiers and are widely used in the food industry for instantizing.

DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences offers patented, heat-resistant lecithins that retain their light yellow color when exposed to high temperatures, avoiding the burnt color associated with standard lecithins.*

*may not be available in all areas

High Phosphatidylcholine Fraction Lecithins - An Excellent Source Of Choline

The U.S. Food and Nutrition Board recommends “Adequate Intakes” of choline for men, women, children and infants. Lecithin provides a more bioavailable, time-release form of choline than sources such as choline chloride. Lecithin, in other words, helps consumers maintain higher levels of choline in their blood stream for longer periods of time.

With SOLEC® Soy Lecithin, two label claims are possible for our customers’ products, depending on the amount used. “Good Source of Choline,” is possible with a minimum 55mg of Choline per reference amount customarily consumed (RACC); “Excellent Source of Choline” is possible if there is 110mg/RACC. Available in liquid, powder and granular form, these high phosphatidylcholine products range from 30% to 40% phosphatidylcholine content.

Application areas

Bakery

Drawing on many years of experience, we tailor solutions for bakery products, creating superb fresh-keeping properties in bread and cakes and the right bite and crumb in biscuits, crackers and pastry, even at reduced fat levels.

Bars

When you choose DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, you get more than simply ingredients. You gain access to unique expertise, experience and capabilities in nutrition bar formulation and marketing that can help advance your business priorities.

Beverages

When you open the door to DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences for your beverage needs, you gain access to unmatched application expertise, science-driven solutions, the full DuPont™ Danisco® range of ingredients, and extensive market knowledge and deep consumer insights that drive competitive advantage.

Confectionery

DuPont™ Danisco® provide all around support for confectioners in developing confectionery such as chocolate, bars, gums, jellies and fillings with new textures, longer shelf life and processing advantages.

Culinary

Successful soups, sauces and dressings are dependent on good taste, texture and stability, DuPont™ Danisco® culinary ingredients help you deliver this.

Dairy

Take a deeper look inside DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences for your cheese, yogurt and other dairy needs. See how our market insights, research, and experience can open up your potential to satisfy nutrition-conscious consumers while keeping your costs down.

Frozen Desserts

For more than half a century, we have solved the challenges of the frozen desserts industry, including today’s demands for low/no sugar and fat formulations.

Meat, Poultry & Seafood

With proactive science-based innovation, broad market expertise and over 50 years of collaborative applications in meat, poultry and seafood, DuPont stands out as your go-to solutions provider.

Oils & Fats

We have focused on the needs of the oils & fats industry since the 1930s, when we developed our first emulsifier for margarine.

ENHANCE® Soy Lecithin

Providing unique and high quality soy lecithin powder and fluid for pet food.

Frequently asked questions - Soy Lecithin

What is soy lecithin? Is soy lecithin the same as soy? These are some of the most frequently asked questions regarding our soy lecithin products.

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