Customer Reviews

Fearn Natural Foods - Liquid Lecithin

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OK boys and girls, ladies and gents, here it goes:

Ingredient: Liquid Soya Lecithin

1Tbsp=15.5g / 32 servings (for a 16oz bottle)
Calories per serv: 120, from Fat: 95
Total fat: 11g =17%
Saturated: 2g = 10%
Trans: 0
MonoUnsat: 2g
PolyUnsat: 7g
1Tbsp: 250mg inositol, 450mg choline
Do not refrigerate

1. Great brown-glass bottle, cool font lettering with impression that it was 'home-made', 16oz or 1pt.
2. Very thick, yellow, when put on a spoon and eaten the spoon becomes so 'fat' that it takes a 'hard' scrubbing to wash the very sticky grease off it.
3. The liquid is so viscous and 'fatty' it has a hard time breaking down or dissolving in your mouth! Don't even try to mix it in a glass of water or mixer, it will cover its walls worse than clay of a river bank.

4. I wanted to find out if it was a US product or Chinese made, looked at the address and it said: Mequon, WI, 53092, USA. Just above the address, really not so conspicuous it says: distributed by: Fearn Natural Foods, and the address in WI, USA.

5. Get it? DISTRIBUTED BY! I wanted to find out who MAKES the product and how, from what, the process they use, etc. If I eat a product, I want to know all about it. Since anything I put in my body essentially becomes part of me: brain, heart, all little cells, RBCs, immune system etc. Lecithin is good for you but you have to know what kind is good and what kind is bad for your body: soy or yolk, natural or organic, chemically derived with residues or not, is the company honest and knowledgeable, are they truthful and giving you all facts and treat you good as a customer? Company's attitude reflects their products!

6. I called the company, got a lady on the phone -'Jeane' was her name. I asked her 'how YOU guys make it?', She told me a general process of soy bean and mentioned that soy oil is being added, when I asked her how much soy oil 'YOU' put in there, she said "I don't know, enough to make it pourable". Next I asked: "Where do you have the facility to make it?" I hear: "Ahhh, we're in Mequon, Wisconsin". I say: "I know, I am from WI as well, but where is your facility located when you make lecithin, in WI or somewhere else?" She: "It's somewhere else, I don't exactly know where it is!" Then I said: "Are you the maker or the distributor of the product" and she said: "We package it". "Where does the real product come from?" I asked, "That's what you need to find out from the person who does the purchasing" she replied. "And you know nothing about the product?" I said, "That's right, I gave you all information I knew!" she replied.

In my opinion: It's a small company, not a huge corporation, and I think the customer service should know where the product is from!

7. She transferred me to a person who does all the purchasing as he was not in. I got his voice mail and asked him to call me back as I had important questions I needed to ask him about the product since "Jean' was the one who referred me to him and was not able to help me with questions. I waited a week! He NEVER called me back! I then emailed the company and after another week (7 days minimum!)someone without a name or identifying who they are in the email, basically said that the information about their product is proprietary and they can not reveal the name of the company that is the source of liquid lecithin! I then emailed back and asked them to please identify themselves as I wanted to know whom I was speaking with, and I was a concerned consumer of their product, and I wanted to know why there was a secrecy about where their product comes from, and why they had to put an umbrella term such as "proprietary information" thus limiting all communication and questions and misusing the word itself! I NEVER heard from them anymore.

Proprietary? "You have got to be kidding me with this word!"-I say to myself!

I get the point: The company has no integrity, the manager is not concerned about the consumers, and hiding information is in their interest or else the product won't sell. I believe if the company hides something then the consumers won't like it. Chinese product? chemically extracted with residues? -possibly, I wouldn't risk it!

I had to deal with the company and tried their product, and both are bad!

Trust me, I call most companies and I talk to them and about their products when I use them. I make opinions based on my online research about how the ingredients are made and extracted, what's added and how much, analysis of purity for chemical and metallic inorganic compounds, can they provide that to me, how far will they go to ensure the safety of the product, do they test for pesticide / chemical residues or it's not mandatory and they do not?

The gist: don't buy the product! I had granules from 'NOW' and they were great! Since then I searched for even better and tried this to my horror. RUN!

This is my first time shopping for liquid lecithin on Amazon and I didn't know where to start. The one star review was very helpful and because of it I almost didn't buy from this store, but after looking around this one had the best price so I came back for it. I don't like that the bottle doesn't say where the product is made, but it makes no difference to me. I'm adding this to shampoo. If I'm taking it internally daily as a supplement, where it was manufactured would make a big difference to me.

I purchased this item on line because I do a lot of traveling and sometimes it is difficult to find nature food stores while on the road. And when I do, I have found that the price difference is very little compared to this one. So, I no longer worry about locating a store in town. I just order directly through here. I already compared prices from others, and this location is the best price. Their shipping track record is also excellent.

I was first introduced to this product at a bread making class focusing on whole grains. The instructor told us that lecithin is very healthy for you and that liquid lecithin helped bread down the fats in the bread to make the texture softer and more moist. In a batch for four loaves you add about 3 Tbls. It's easier to pour it in with the other liquids and not use a measuring spoon as this stuff is VERY sticky..... most of the lecithin would stick to the spoon! I was very please and continue to use it in all of my bread making.

I use this product for post body wrap gels and it works awesome. Thanks

Fearn Nat Foods - Liquid Lecithin, 32 fl oz liquid. Good for the heart. A peoduct for many cooking uses as well as taking for colestrol control.

Just exactly what it says it is and for a fantastic price. I use this to grease my pans without using grease, so a bottle this size will last me ages. Fast shipping too, as always with Amazon.

I add this product to my lotion and it has made my skin so soft. I've only been using it for about a month but every-so-often I find myself rubbing my skin, amazed at how soft it is.

The only problem is that you have to really shake up the lotion/lecithin mixture and it will still look clumpy and ugly out of the bottle. But the benefits of softer skin far outweigh the appearance of clumpy lotion.