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Lecithin is a fatty substance. Lecithin occurs in animal or plant tissues, in egg yolk.
The composition is phosphoric acid, choline, fatty acids, glycerol, glycol-lipids, triglycerides, and phospholipids.
Lekithos means egg yolk in ancient Greek.
Lecithin is mainly extracted by hexane.
Most of lecithin are sourced from soya.
Lecithin is a food supplement. It is also used as an emulsifier.
