How to Avoid Soy

f you’ve heard about the negative health affects of soy, you may want to avoid it in your diet as much as possible. Or if you suffer from soy allergies—as soy is one of the top eight food allergens in America—you may need to ensure you don’t ingest it as it could cause a mild reaction or even life-threatening anaphylactic shock.

In products, soy is not always clearly labeled as soy. Here’s a list—although it may not be comprehensive—to enable you to know how soy is usually labeled, so you can enjoy a soy-free diet as much as possible.�

1. bouillon cubes (beef, chicken, and
   vegetable)
2. carob
3. canned chicken broth
4. emulsifier
5. flavoring (including natural and
   artificial)
6. guar gum
7. gum arabic
8. hydrolyzed soy protein
9. hydrolyzed vegetable protein
   (HVP)
10. soy lecithin (there is also egg lecithin)
11. MSG
12. miso
13. shoyu sauce
14. soy flour
15. soy nuts
16. soy panthenol
17. soy protein
18. soy sauce or tamari
19. soybeans or Edamame, which are baby soybeans
20. soybean butter
21. soybean oil
22. stabilizer
23. starch
24. tempeh
25. textured vegetable protein (TVP)
26. thickner
27. tofu
28. vegetable broth, gum, and starch