Lecithin
Lecithin is a versatile ingredient utilized in a wide range of applications, including food, cosmetics, and industrial markets. At LDC, we work with plant-based lecithins sourced from diverse botanical origins across multiple countries worldwide. Our global presence and upstream integration ensure a consistent supply of high-quality products.
Our Products
From liquid to powder forms, our lecithin portfolio is sourced from soy, sunflower and rapeseed raw materials. Developed using various processes, it offers a wide range of technical features to meet our customers’ needs.
In line with key market trends, our versatile plant-based lecithin plays a crucial role in enhancing taste and texture, making everyday life for our customers more enjoyable.
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Botanicals
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Origin
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Type
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Process
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Description
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| GMO | Soy | US | Liquid Native | NA | Unadjusted Lecithin |
| Liquid | Standardized, Clarified, Bleached, and Refined | Transparent lecithin designed to meet the highest standards in food, nutrition, and health care industries | |||
| Liquid | Customized | Customized lecithin COA. it undergoes batch segregation to ensure various parameters, including viscosity and color | |||
| Non GMO | Soy | Europe/India | Liquid/Powder | Standardized, Bleached, and Refined | Non-GMO IP lecithin designed to meet the highest standards in the food industry |
| China | Liquid/Powder | Standardized, Clarified, Bleached, and UltraRefined | Non-GMO IP transparent lecithin designed to meet the highest standards in the food, nutrition, and health care industries | ||
| Rapeseed | Europe | Liquid/Powder | Standard, Bleached, and Refined | Allergen free lecithin designed to meet the highest standards in the food, nutrition, and baby food industries | |
| Sunflower | Europe | Liquid/Powder | Standard, Bleached, and Refined | Allergen free lecithin designed to meet the highest standards in the food, nutrition, and baby food industries | |
Our Offering
As your trusted partner for plant-based ingredient solutions, we span every continent, strategically positioned to meet the needs of our customers wherever they are.
- Robust infrastructure that enables the efficient distribution of large volumes of products, ensuring timely and reliable deliveries.
- Commitment to quality and food safety standards, with a long-term dedication to creating fair and sustainable value.
- Ensuring traceability by integrating upstream processes within the value chain.
Product Applications
Animal Nutrition, Petfood and Petcare
Lecithin Applications:
Functional ingredients for aquafeed, poultry, swine, pet food and pet treats.
Functionalities:
- Enhances growth and weight for aqua/poultry/ruminants.
- Improves and uniformizes distribution of nutrients in feed pellets.
- Offers controlled, modified Lysolecithins (LPC) in oil-in-water emulsions.
- Improves digestion and absorption through fine fat emulsions.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Bakery Ingredients & Release Agents
Lecithin Applications:
Semifinished goods for bakery, snacks, bread improvers, baked goods, biscuits, flat breads, waffles and pastries.
Functionalities:
- Improves dough elasticity, reducing risk of cracks.
- Enhances moisture retention for lowfat baked goods.
- Increases bread volume and ensures homogeneous structure.
- Benefits from transparent lecithin for release agents (no impurities).
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Chocolate, Spreads & Confectionery
Lecithin Applications:
Moulded chocolates, compound coatings, fillings, cocoa powder, caramels, gummies, toffees and gum base.
Functionalities:
- Stabilizes viscosity and yield value.
- Acts as a wetting agent in cocoa powder and instant cocoa drinks.
- Improves mouthfeel and prevents oiling-out in fillings and spreads.
- Reduces cost-in-use.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Dairy & Special Nutrition
Lecithin Applications:
Instant dairy powders, baby formula, icecreams and cheese.
Functionalities:
- Increases aeration and overrun.
- Enhances structure and firmness of whipped products.
- Suits organic and biofood production as natural emulsifiers.
- Improves instantization of milk powders.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Fats & Margarines
Lecithin Applications:
Plant-based butter and spreads.
Functionalities:
- Improves crystallization and flavor release.
- Helps to avoid the risk of water syneresis in low-fat margarines.
- Improves performance as an antioxidant application.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Health & Nutraceuticals
Lecithin Applications:
Dietary supplements, cereal bars, sports nutrition, softgel capsules and phospholipids.
Functionalities:
- Reduces cholesterol levels through better fat dissolvability.
- Offers heath and clean label benefits.
- Liver protection.
- Stress and well-being treatments.
- Memory-Brain support and improved learning functions.
- Body slimming, loss weight and obesity treatment.
- Dispersant of other Active Principals (API).
- Enhance instantization of powders.
- Antioxidant for special nutrition oils (E.g. mother milk alternatives).
- Improved structural integrity of cell membranes.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Instant Foods
Lecithin Applications:
Spice blender, sauces, soups and pasta.
Functionalities:
- Enhances the dispersion of solids.
- Aids in flavor dispersion.
- Improves texture and extends shelf-life.
- Promotes stability in emulsions oil-in-water and water-in-oil.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Plant-Based Food
Lecithin Applications:
Plant-based drinks, meat, whipped toppings and frozen desserts.
Functionalities:
- Improves moisture retention for better mouthfeel.
- Enhances moisturization of highprotein ingredients.
- Aids in spattering reduction when frying plant-based burgers.
- Improves sliceability, firmness and overall texture.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Personal Care & Cosmetics
Lecithin Applications:
Hair & skin care products.
Functionalities:
- Promotes waterproof resistance.
- Enhances pigment dispersions.
- Provides glossy and volume effects.
- Increases skin API’s absorption through phospholipids.
Product performance may not be suitable for the intended use depending on the application. For more information, please get in touch.
Certifications
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