Dining Without Soy Thanks go to “Concerned Mom” for telling us about Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers. She says her daughter can eat some food there. A quick look at their allergen listing tells me they subscribe to the “soybean oil isn’t made of soy” philosophy. They fry in a soybean and canola oil blend and state in their allergen listing … Read more
Arby’s doesn’t seem to carry the Kraft Macaroni and Cheese any more. Found a newer ingredient list from December 2014: https://cds.arbys.com/pdfs/nutrition/USMenuItems_Ingrdnts_DEC.PDF Interestingly enough, somewhere along the line, Arby’s started frying in corn oil. The potato cakes and onion rings are the only soy free items that they fry in the corn oil. These all contain … Read more
When dealing with food allergies, especially soy allergies. I’m running into two different language barriers. Language barrier #1, english speaking employees: It’s always such an effort to explain to restaurant employees what all food could have hidden soy in it. It’s scary and frustrating because sometimes you just feel like you’re not getting through, and … Read more
Bad news from Rachel (who previously gave us wonderful soy-free news from Cheesecake Factory). Apparently Cheesecake Factory is not as soy-free as they led Rachel to believe. Here’s what Rachel said: Unfortunately, I need to retract most of my comments about the Cheesecake Factory. On my first visit I was assured that the entire kitchen, … Read more
Our son is not anaphylactic to soy, but he is anaphylactic to peanuts. So he has to carry an EpiPen with him wherever he goes. It’s time to refill the prescription, and apparently the costs have just been going up and up. Tonight I stumbled across a link that gives a $100 discount for EpiPen in all of … Read more
We haven’t been able to get the kids here yet, but in talking with the staff and the owner of Kabab & Curry, we’re really hoping to get them here, soon. The owner and staff tell us that they use very little, if any, soy in their cooking. The best part is that they are … Read more
Thanks to Rachel for this update on Cheesecake Factory: I ate at a Cheesecake Factory a few days ago, and our wonderful waitress informed me that they only use canola oil. There were only a few menu items that I needed to avoid because of soy sauce or mayonnaise. I ate fried macaroni and cheese, … Read more
Thanks to alert reader, Margaret, for this news about CPK: I noticed that your list doesn’t include California pizza kitchen. I am 14 and live with a soy allergy. I went there and they have gluten free pizza dough that does not contain soy or the often left out soybean oil. I had a wonderful … Read more
A reader, Myah, expressed this sentiment and asked this question: Our 6 year old daughter is severely allergic to peanuts and allergic to soy (high). It is especially difficult at birthday parties when they serve food and she can’t eat any of it. I’m just at a loss and don’t know what to do. She says … Read more
Thanks to alert reader, Michele, for this really cool news about Disney. We did travel to Disney and they were fantastic with the allergy. A dedicated kitchen to the allergy and provided anything she wished (and I didn’t have to spend hours preparing or shopping for it) so it a a vacation for us all … Read more
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Our kids have outgrown their soy allergies, but we keep this site running to help everybody else who is going through the same grief.
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Because "most" people do not have a reaction to highly refined soybean oil, most restaurants and food labels will not even list food as containing soy if it "merely" contains soybean oil. [read more]
