Lecithin
Process Description
Lecithin is very good Nutrient and Food grade emulsifier. It consists of three types of phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylinositol (PI).
It is extracted from Soybean oil and is commonly used in Food Industries.
It is extracted from Soybean oil and is commonly used in Food Industries.
1) Processing
Lecithin is a combination of naturally occurring phospholipids, which are found in Crude Soybean oil. Soybean oil is extracted from the flakes through Solvent Extraction & distillation process and lecithin is separated from the crude soybean oil by Hydrolysis.
Seeds are properly cleaned to remove unwanted material like duct, leaves and other foreign material.
In this step various size of stones/sand are removed from seeds.
2) Functional Benefits
Vertical, Multistage unit with fabricated trays by in-direct heating using steam, to correctly cook and conditioned the material prior to flacker. The agitator bladed operated by central shaft do the homogenous mixing of material which prevents burning at the bottom. A vertical duct extract exhaust vapours from stage and maintain the final moisture level of the material by ejecting the steam,
Seeds flakers are normally used to increase the capacity of expeller as well as it reduce the wear and tear of expeller