Dining Without Soy Thanks to Sarah for this heads up about Qdoba: “I just wanted to let you know that QDoba is another restaurant that cooks everything in soybean oil.” Sarah sent me the link to Qdoba’s allergen & ingredient list, and sure enough they’re playing the “soybean oil isn’t made of soy” game. A quick look at … Read more
This goes in the same category of weird as Burger King’s pickles have soy in them. I would have never thought to check a powdered drink mix for soy. It just so happened that I was asked to take two cans of Country Time Lemonade drink mix to our church’s kitchen for vacation bible school … Read more
Mayonnaise is one of those items that is just about impossible to find without soy in it — the other being chocolate, but we’ll cry about that another time. You’ll often see jars of olive oil or canola oil mayonnaise, but the catch is, soybean oil is still in there, they’re just using the other … Read more
Apparently something has changed in the last two years. Read the comments below, as this information seems to be outdated now According to Sonia, they’re using vegetable oil, but 5 days earlier Patti says “beef tallow” Popeyes’ fries the way things are supposed to be fried, in LARD! None of this we-pretend-to-be-healthy-but-really-crazy-bad-for-you soybean oil. Give … Read more
Our kids are the only kids in America that are tired of McDonald’s because, so far, that’s been one of the few fast-food restaurants where we can reliably get say-free meal for them.
Unfortunately they do fry in soybean oil here, but at least they use coconut oil on the grill. So the fries and other fried foods are out. Our son’s favorite breakfast, the “Meat Lover’s Omelet” with hash browns and toast is soy free. You have to ask for “Jim’s bread” for the toast, or else … Read more
Almost everything in this restaurant is soy free. They use olive oil and real butter — how refreshing! The kids can pretty much order anything. Even their house salad dressing is soybean oil free. Their bread, unfortunately, does have soybean oil in it. So we have to take bread, but aside from that, they can … Read more
Thanks to Kate for this information about Kalahari Resorts: We took a trip to the Kalahari resort in Sandusky, and they have some allergen free options there. My sister who has Celiac’s, plus a dairy and soy intolerance was with us and they were so helpful. She is extremely sensitive to even the slightest cross … Read more
Thanks to Sharla for this great information on Uno’s Chicago Grill: My daughter has an intolerance to soy. So, we understand needing to avoid soy at all costs. We went to Uno’s Chicago Grill restaurant this past weekend. We were very impressed with them. They had a computer just inside the door that had all … Read more
Okay: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Applesauce Cottage Cheese Mandarin Oranges All Classic Shakes except for Orange Freeze (syrup contains Vegetable Oil, which tragically just seems to be a code word for Soybean Oil) Caramel Sauce According to the allergen list they could have the “Corn and Black Beans”, but we’ve sure never seen that in … Read more
DiningWithoutSoy.com is 10 years old!
Our kids have outgrown their soy allergies, but we keep this site running to help everybody else who is going through the same grief.
We'd love to keep this site relevant for every other parent (and person) that has to go through this nightmare. If you collect any information about any organization that serves food, please share it with us and we'll make sure the world knows about it.
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]
