Special thanks to Kim and Shannon, who shared the good news with me. Shannon says: It seems they have changed that chart within the past month or so. I was looking up restaurants when planning our trip to Phoenix and saw the disclaimer about soy oil. I write the company and asked exactly which items had … Read more
It looks like some of the standard items are soy free at Boston Market: Rotisserie Chicken, Roasted Turkey Breast, Fresh Steamed Vegetables, Rice Pilaf, Mac and Cheese and Creamed Spinach (somewhat surprisingly). I’m somewhat concerned that Boston Market takes the “Soybean Oil isn’t Soy” route, as they claim that their Broccoli with Garlic Butter Sauce is soy-free, as I would have … Read more
We just learned that Bob Evans seasons their grills every morning with soybean oil. They will clean off a spot on the grill before cooking your food on it, but obviously, depending on your sensitivity level, this could be a big problem.
Thanks to Tabitha for this information on Cheesecake Factory: I have found that the Cheesecake Factory is EXTREMELY allergy friendly, and there were actually many options. I have eaten there 3 times recently (and at different locations) and I haven’t been “soyed” once. They will also let you know if there is soybean oil in … Read more
Max and Erma’s chicken marinade and marinara sauce have soybean oil in them. The barbeque sauce and honey mustard are OK.
We came to Carrabba’s for our son’s birthday. The very nice waitress came out with an ice cream sundae for him. It was an extremely nice gesture, but it didn’t really go as the waitress had planned. Instead of being excited, we all had worried looks as we all assumed that our son wouldn’t be … Read more
Fortunately all of Schmit’s sausage is soy free, so our kids can eat at Schmit’s buffet and they definitely won’t go hungry. The sauerkraut and mashed potatoes are also soy free. Aside from that, pretty much everything else on the buffet or in the restaurant has soy in it, including the macaroni and cheese, german potato … Read more
Oats (Whole grain), Oats (flour), marshmallows (sugar, modified starch/modified corn starch, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, calcium carbonate, yellow 5 & yellow 6, blue 1, red 40), artificial flavor, sugar, corn syrup, corn starch, salt, calcium carbonate, food coloring/artificial color, trisodium phosphate, zinc, iron, vitamin C (sodium ascorbic), niacinamide (a B vitamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin … Read more
Update: the omelets are not okay. We were originally told that the omlets were cooked with olive oil, but this trip (we always confirm our information at restaurants) we learned that the olive oil is 20% vegetable oil, which we’ve leaned is a pseudonym for soybean oil. Update to the update; Regular pancakes are not … Read more
Max and Erma’s menu is fairly limited as far as soy-free fare, but they more than make up for it by their willingness to prepare custom dishes for our kids. Our waitress Gabrielle was more than willing to make regular trips back to the kitchen to check on ingredients for us. They do fry in … 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]
