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.�
- bouillon cubes (beef, chicken, and
vegetable) - carob
- canned chicken broth
- emulsifier
- flavoring (including natural and
artificial) - guar gum
- gum arabic
- hydrolyzed soy protein
- hydrolyzed vegetable protein
(HVP) - soy lecithin (there is also egg lecithin)
- MSG
- miso
- shoyu sauce
- soy flour
- soy nuts
- soy panthenol
- soy protein
- soy sauce or tamari
- soybeans or Edamame, which are baby soybeans
- soybean butter
- soybean oil
- stabilizer
- starch
- tempeh
- textured vegetable protein (TVP)
- thickner
- tofu
- vegetable broth, gum, and starch
