date:Jan 10, 2013
The Hamburg lipid companies Berg + Schmidt and Sternchemie are investing in a deoiling plant for the production of pure soybean lecithin. The capacity of the first phase of construction will be 4,000 tonnes p.a. of deoiled lecithin. The plant will, said the companies, have state-of-the-art design and meet all ISO, GMP and HACCP requirements. Production is due to start in the second quarter of 2013.
At a total world consumption of some 250,000 tonnes, vegetable lecithins are one of the most impo