lecithin
Noun
Meaning
A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
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The remaining ingredients in Nutella, such as cocoa, skimmed milk powder, soy lecithin, and vanillin also do not require refrigeration.
A standard lauric hard butter and lecithin derived from edible vegetable oils.
Because there's nothing in the chocolate to keep it from burning, as there is in a "chocolate chip," (soy lecithin mainly) the chocolate in the cookie which comes into contact with the searing heat of it's surroundings will melt and then want to burn.
I generally avoid soy as much as possible (except for the small amounts of raw fermented organic soy sauce and soy lecithin in some chocolates).
I know this as fact as my company was the first manufacturer of certified organic soy lecithin in North America and regulated by the FDA as well as the USDA.
It’s very hard to find good quality chips without soy lecithin (I’m allergic to soy).