invention the release composition for use in food preparation comprises a between about 65 and about 98 by weight water b between about 2 and about 12 by weight de oiled powdered lecithin and c less than about 10 oil another embodiment of the invention is a release composition for use in food preparation comprising a between about 65 and about 98 by weight water and b between about 2 and about 12 by weight de oiled powdered lecithin wherein the lecithin in the composition is only de oiled powdered lecithin water comprises the majority of the release composition the water can be de ionized water reverse osmosis purified water boiled water natural spring water and tap water by mixing water with a small amount of oil or using no oil the flammability of the release composition is reduced the water content may be between about 85 and about 95 by weight or even between about 92 and about 95 by weight lecithin is mostly a mixture of glycolipids triglycerides and phospholipids e g phosphatidylcholine phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol commercially available lecithins may contain the above components in various combinations and proportions in liquid form the lecithin is usually dissolved in soybean oil and is available in different viscosities liquid lecithin may be unbleached or in order to lighten its color it may be bleached usually by peroxides and may be filtered or otherwise refined to the extent that it is present in a release composition of the present invention at all it is between about 0 and about 10 by weight or between about 0 and about 1 in one embodiment no liquid lecithin is present at all only de oiled powdered lecithin is used the use of de oiled powdered lecithin facilitates the use of.