I haven’t gotten around to creating entries for all of the pizza franchises we’ve checked (in northeast Ohio), but here’s the running list: Soy in crust and/or sauce Pizza Hut Papa John’s Teresa’s Pizza Romeo’s Pizza Ci Ci’s Pizza (soy in crust, but they’ll let you bring in your own crust, like Boboli) No soy in … Read more
We had pretty much given up on all pizza franchises, as every one that we ever checked always had soy in the crust (“dough conditioning”, I think. Not sure what that means, but that’s been relayed to us on at least one occasion) or in the sauce itself. At the insistence of our friends Kim … Read more
I can’t remember the details off the top of my head, but the last time we went to Carrabba’s, our son was extremely disappointed to learn that things have changed at Carrabba’s, and now he can’t have their lasagna because there’s soybean oil in it now. I can’t remember what all things changed, but there were some … Read more
Well, this should be my 3rd or 4th post about Spaghetti Warehouse, but I keep getting different answers every time we visit, so I’m always hesitant to post anything here. Our most current visit tells us that Spaghetti Warehouse (like most Italian restaurants) put soybean oil on their just-cooked noodles to keep them from sticking … Read more
Thanks to Angela for reminding me of the wonderful news: Chipotle is finally (mostly) Soy Free! We were in a Chipotle a couple of weeks ago and were pleasantly surprised to find out Chipotle now uses canola oil in their tortillas. That makes everything we care about 100% soy free at Chipotle. They do ?now? ?still? … Read more
A reader asked, is there “Soy in Olive Garden menu?” Unfortunately, we haven’t gotten to try to order at an Olive Garden restaurant, but I can make some pretty good educated guesses. First by looking at their allergen guide, you can see that pretty much everything is marked as containing soy. I can’t tell if … Read more
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
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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]
