Plain Organics offers a comprehensive line of high-quality and consistent lecithins for various applications…
Liquid Lecithin
Fluid lecithin is an all-natural product with numerous applications and benefits. It’s a wonderful processing aid during food production and has many uses for industrial applications as well. Our portfolio includes natural lecithin products which embrace a wide range of colors, viscocities, clarity tones, and functionalities.
Our lecithin fluid is produced from soy, sunflower seeds, and rapeseed sources. These exceptional lecithin products are both water and lipid friendly, surface active, and highly synergetic. This ensures that materials mix well and do not separate. It also helps to form an optimal stable blend in the final product.
Fluid lecithin works well as a natural antioxidant, wetting agent, and stabilizer. It’s also a great emulsifier, dispersant, and much more.
Soy lecithin products have been vital in the production of food, but also for nutraceuticals, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, in feed and technical applications.
Soy lecithin is the most common natural emulsifier in the food industry. It’s a surfactant with a wide range of useful properties: as a stabilizer, wetting agent, a disperser, an emulsifier, a viscosity adjustor, a mixing aid, a release agent, anti-lumping agent, or as an antioxidant. As an added bonus functionality is supplemented by the nutritive properties of the phospholipids contained in lecithin. As the central building blocks of the cell membranes, phospholipids have a strong influence on the structure and the metabolism of the cells, and thus on the health of humans as a whole.
Fluid lecithin’s functional range of applications is diverse: as a stabilizer – it upholds oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions; as a dispersant it provides for a better, more even distribution of fats; as a mixing aid – it overlooks homogenization of the blends; as an emulsifier – keeps steady, consistent alliances between water and fat molecules. In addition Fluid Lecithin is irreplaceable as a wetting agent, antioxidant, instantizing agent, lubricant, and a release agent.
In comparison to soy, sunflower is hypoallergenic, IP sustainable and safe. Just the fact that Sunflower does not have any Genetic Modifications is a huge relief for consumers, and undoubtedly a factor which they notice and approve. No Genetically Modified sunflower kernels have ever been grown. The good natural taste and smell of sunflower lecithin makes it attractive for use in a variety of ways. Sunflower lecithin is ideally suited to replace soy lecithin due to a comparable phospholipid and fatty acid composition. It is a marketing advantage to have Sunflower Lecithin on your label.
The use of sunflower lecithin in the food and nutraceutical industry is multivarious: it can be used as a natural emulsifier, wetting agent, stabilizer, release agent, antioxidant and dispersant. Sunflower lecithin is optimal for the production of chocolate, bread and pastry products, margarine, instant products, biscuits and many other foods.
Liquid sunflower lecithin is a perfect replacer for Soy fluid lecithin and thus it carries the same performance. Fluid lecithin’s functional range of applications is diverse: as a stabilizer – it upholds oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions; as a dispersant it provides for a better, more even distribution of fats; as a mixing aid – it overlooks homogenization of the blends; as an emulsifier – keeps steady, consistent alliances between water and fat molecules. In addition Fluid Lecithin is irreplaceable as a wetting agent, antioxidant, instantizing agent, lubricant, and a release agent.
Rapeseed or canola, as a source of raw material for lecithin, has appeared on the map in recent years in an effort to replace soy products. Rapeseed has shown a good track record in terms of NON- GMO status in Europe, and is considered a hypo allergen. Its functional behavior is uniform to that of Soy and Sunflower, which has led to a market entrance in increasing volumes. Rapeseed lecithin has a wide range of applications in food, feed, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. It is an essential ingredient, for use standard food applications, and has even shown some advantages for complex fat products such as margarine, salad dressings, etc.
Rapeseed Lecithin can be offered as a fluid lecithin, or in a de-oiled powder or granular form.
Lecithin Powder
Pure lecithin is an isolated part of the oily, liquid lecithins. It is almost free of soybean oil and contains a particularly high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids. In addition to its technological properties, deoiled lecithins also have health-promoting benefits for customers because due to the high-quality techniques of production the unique characteristics can be used for instant products or bakery.
The powder lecithins are essential for nutrition and can be used in dietary food (e.g. tablets or capsules) or in light meals, such as: nutritional bars, energetics and so on.
During the production of pure lecithin, soybeans, sunflower or rapeseeds are used as raw material sources only.
The deoiled soy lecithin powder has a high phospholipid concentration and has improved emulsifying properties. The neutral taste and ease of dosing allows for a wide range of applications.
It is suitable for use in different food systems, for dietary supplements and as an additive in many feed systems. The neutralizing soya pure lecithin has good dispersibility and prevents dust formation. As an instantizing aid, it improves the wettability behavior of powders for beverage production and facilitates the uniform distribution of different active ingredients.
Due to its high phospholipid content and therefore the supplier of polyunsaturated fatty acids, soy pure lecithin is also very suitable for the production of tablets, health drinks or bars.
A high concentration of phospholipids in the deoiled sunflower lecithin powder makes it sufficient to achieve very good results in various applications.
It is best suited to replace soy lecithin and has the advantage that no genetically modified sunflower seeds are grown throughout the world.
Deoiled sunflower lecithin has unique qualities such as: hypoallergenic, sustainable and safe. It acts as an emulsifier, wetting agent, stabilizer, release agent, antioxidant and dispersant and is used in different food systems also due to medium yellow in color.
The deoiled rapeseed lecithin has the advantage over soy lecithin that it is not allergenic.
It is suitable for use in various food systems and is used as emulsifier, wetting agent, stabilizer, release agent, antioxidant or dispersant.
De-oiled Lecithin
De-oiled lecithin is exactly what it sounds like – lecithin almost with no oil . It is practically free of oil and contains a particularly high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The powder or granular lecithin is a more compact, easy to handle concentrated lecithin product. In addition to its improved functional properties, de-oiled lecithin products are essentially ready nutraceuticals with immense nutritional benefits for consumers. In addition to the commonly used de-oiled lecithin, modern high-tech formulation techniques grant ability to precise composition of lecithin products in order to display the unique characteristics optimal for bakery and instant products production.
De-oiled lecithin can be used in dietary food (e.g. tablets or capsules) or in light meals, such as: nutritional bars, energetics, cheese products, light salad dressings, dietary instant products and so on.. They are commonly used as emulsifiers, dispersants, wetting agent, antioxidant, surfactants, instantizing agent, lubricant, viscosity modifiers, and release agents.
Soy, sunflower or rapeseeds are used as a source of raw material for the production of de-oiled lecithin.
The de-oiled soy lecithin powder is a mix of concentrated phospholipids with improved dispersion in water properties and easier handling. They are universally used in an extensive scope of applications.
Lecithin powders are a preferred choice for use in different food and feed systems with ample uses as a wetting, softening, conditioning, blending, homogenizing and instantizing agent. Excellent oil in water emulsifier and viscosity enhancers. It improves the wettability behavior of powders for beverage production and facilitates the uniform distribution of different active ingredients. De-oiled lecithin is used in Food applications such as:
Bakery – to reduce the hydrophobic nature of flour dough, enhance dough formation, prolong the shelf life
Chewing gum – for keeping the moisture inside the gum, improve flexibility and mouth feel, and for non- sticking effect
Milk and protein beverages – as nutrient delivery system, to improve instantizing and solubility, for stabilizing of fat, and preventing agglomeration
Instant drinks – it improves the wettability behavior of powders for beverage production and facilitates the uniform distribution of different active ingredients
Health products – tablets, softgels, bars, drinks etc.
and many others.
Powdered lecithins are also commonly used in Feed, Technical, Pharma, and Cosmetic industries.
Powder sunflower lecithin is a perfect replacer for Soy powder lecithin as it carries the same functional capacity. A high concentration of phospholipids in the de-oiled sunflower lecithin powder makes it sufficient to achieve very good results in various applications.
In comparison to soy, sunflower is hypoallergenic, IP sustainable and safe. Just the fact that Sunflower does not have any Genetic Modifications is a huge relief for consumers, and undoubtedly a factor which they notice and approve. No Genetically Modified sunflower kernels have ever been grown. The good natural taste and smell of sunflower lecithin powder makes it attractive for use in a diversity of ways. Sunflower lecithin is ideally suited to replace soy lecithin due to a comparable phospholipid and fatty acid composition. It is a marketing advantage to have Sunflower Lecithin on the label.
De-oiled SF lecithin acts as an emulsifier, dispersant, wetting agent, antioxidant, surfactant, instantizing agent, lubricant, viscosity modifiers, and release agent. It is used in a wide variety of different Food,Feed, Technical, Pharma, and Cosmetic systems.
The de-oiled rapeseed lecithin is a mix of concentrated phospholipids with improved dispersion in water properties and easier handling. Rape powder lecithin has the advantage over soy lecithin in a sense that it is not an allergen.
De-oiled Rapeseed lecithin acts as an emulsifier, dispersant, wetting agent, antioxidant, surfactant, instantizing agent, lubricant, viscosity modifiers, and release agent. It is used in a wide variety of different Food, Feed, Technical, Pharma, and Cosmetic systems.
Other Products
Lecithins consist of a mixture of different phospholipids, e.g. Phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylinositol (PI), all of which have different technological functionalities but also various health effects.
Isolation of phospholipid fractions in lecithin provides higher levels of phospholipids, universally recognized as a health enhancer. Phosphatidylcholine (PC)- is the most studied and accepted of the phospholipids in lecithin. Benefits of phosphatidylcholine include, improving the vitality of brain cells, improving cell membrane function, increasing attention and cognitive function overall, improving sleep quality. PC is recommended for cholesterol reduction in human body, prevention and cure of cardiovascular condition, boosting the immune system, and many more potential uses.
Different concentrations and different raw materials allow the product and application properties to be adapted specifically to the particular purpose. PC enriched Lecithins are gaining high interest in food, functional food, food supplements, and cosmetics applications.
Protection of cells in the body
Phospholipids are lipid-protein complexes that bind together to form a membrane that surrounds every living cell in the body, serving at their most basic level, to keep the cell’s contents in good conditions. Phospholipids are involved in almost all essential bio functions from neurotransmission to signal transduction to moisture management, to cell metabolism. PHOSPHOLIPIDS are involved in a mass volume of metabolic processes such as nerve function, blood clotting, cholesterol metabolism, fat absorption, and blood clotting. They are substances vital to the human body. All cells in the human body contain phospholipids, making them vital to human health. That is why, it is of outmost importance, to support our cells with supplemental Phospholipids, delivered to us in nourishing form.
Phosphatidylcholine (PC) – Enriched Soy, Rape, and Sunflower Lecithins
Over the past years, a mounting amount of evidence has been presented to support the fact that phosphatidylcholine (PC) is a major participant in the process of metabolism.
Phosphatidylcholines PC can help the body metabolize fat and cholesterol
Phosphatidylcholines PC Supplies polyunsaturated fatty acids
Phosphatidylcholines PC Has re-fattening effect in dermatological products
Phosphatidylcholines PC stabilizes and optimizes the structure of cell membranes.
Phosphatidylcholin PC promotes cell protection in general, especially the protection of liver cells.
Phosphatidylcholines PC is used preventively for liver disorders, particularly in people with surplus of dietary fat, and intake of too much alcohol.
Avalec’s NGM lecithins are not subject to labeling since they are obtained from conventional soybeans; their origin and Genetic identity has been fully documented, audited and certified, by an IP system in which the original seeds are identified. In addition, PCR analysis results are provided for further protection. Each warehousing and logistic operation is also documented, audited and certified. This effort in total, ensures that labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on the products in Foods and Feeds, produced from Lecital’s NGM lecithin is extraneous. We go a long way to make sure, that the purchase contracts are agreed exclusively with certified manufacturers, so that the lecithin identity can be traced from the origin of the seed to the ready-packed barrel or IBC container. All individual components such as sowing, harvesting and storage, as well as the various production stages and, of course, all logistical delivery routes are subject to strict controls and analytical investigations, so that the path from the bean to the final finished product, the lecithin, is in full compliance with legal legislation.
All of the above is Non-Applicable to Sunflower derived products, since luckily for all of us, Sunflower has not been Genetically Modified by anyone in the world.
Sunflower oil
We offer organic lecithin and other organic derivatives originated from soy and sunflower.