PURPOSE:To produce white egg yolk lecithin powder having extremely excellent stability by improving drawback of white egg yolk lecithin, such as readily browning. CONSTITUTION:=3C alcohol is used as a solvent for white egg yolk lecithin containing neutral lipid and phospholipid derived from nonoxidized unbrowned egg yolk, a palladium catalyst as a catalyst, hydrogenation is carried out at 50-90 deg.C, conventional hydrogenation is applied to egg yolk lecithin and this method is production of improved egg yolk lecithin powder.
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