soybean

Every year,nearly 100 million tonnes of soybeans are processed as food for people an animals-an almost inconceivable figure. From this quantity it would be possible to obtain 500,000 ton of lechitin-but actual production only amounts to about 125,000 tonnes. The composition of basic raw material the soybean : protein 42%, fat 19%, carbohydrates 26%, phospholipids 2%, H2O 11%