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Soy Allergy
Soybeans have been grown in Asia for centuries, especially in China, where they have provided the bread, protein and oil. Since the beginning of the 19th century, American-farmers have grown soybeans for livestock, feed or for fertilizer.
Chemists have also found many uses for soybeans, which are proving to be a bonanza. Ford Motor Company uses them to make plastic window frames, steering wheels, gearshift knobs, distributors, upholstery fabric, and other parts. Rubber substitutes and lecithin in leaded gasoline are also made from soybeans.
Many new food and industrial uses of soy can be expected. If you remember that soybeans are used as flour, oil, milk, nuts and meat extenders, it will be possible to anticipate most new food contacts. When purchasing prepared foods, consider soy as a possible ingredient if the label says vegetable oil, vegetable broth or textured vegetable protein.
Eating in restaurants almost always means a soy exposure, as most restaurants and fast-food chains cook with soy oil or flour. Soybean flour containing only one percent oil is now used by many bakers in dough mixtures for breads, cakes, rolls, and pastries, to keep them moist and fresh several days longer. The roasted beans are often used in place of peanuts on breakfast rolls. Some biscuits and several crisp crackers also contain soybean flour.
Food Sources of Soy |
- Artificial meats and nuts
- Baby foods (some)
- Bakery goods
- Cake mixes (May contain artificial fruit made from soy)
- Candies:
- Caramels
- Carob chips
- Chocolate chips
- Hard candies
- Nut candies (Lecithin, derived from soy, is used in candies to prevent drying and to emulsify fats.)
- Cereals
- Fried products:
- Pastas:
- Macaroni
- Noodles
- Spaghetti
- Peanut butter (some)
- Processed cheeses (some)
- Salad dressings (may contain soy oil, but list only vegetable oil on the label.)
- Sauces:
- Lea & Perrins
- Say sauce
- Steak sauce
- Tamari
- Teriyaki sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
- Soups (may contain soy oil and/or lecithin)
- Tofu:
- Tuna (Packed in vegetable oil)
- Vegetables:
- Margarine or oil on vegetables
- Soy Sprouts
- Other Sources:
- Adhesives
Automobile parts
Blankets
Candles
- Tortilla chips
- Ice cream (dairy and tofu)
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- Margarine and butter substitutes
- Meats:
- Canned meats and fish
- Hamburgers (fast food)
- Luncheon Meats
- Pork-link sausage
- Milk substitutes:
- Infant formulas
- non-dairy creamers
- SOY milk
- Nuts:
- Any roasted in soy oil
- Soy (formed to look like other nuts)
- Soybeans (toasted, salted and used as nuts)
- Oils(Crisco, Spry solid or liquid)
- Celluloid
- Cloth
- Clothing
- Coffee substitute
- Cosmetics
- Custards
- Diet aids
- Dog food
- Enamels
- Fertilizer
- Fish food
- Fodder
- Glycerine
- Illuminating oil
- Lecithin
- Linoleum
- Lubricating oil
- Make-up
- Massage creams
- Nitroglycerine
- Paints
- Paper finishes
- Paper sizing
- Printing ink
- Soap
- Telephones
- Textile finishings
- Toys
- Varnish
- Vitamins
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