Steak ‘n Shake will go back to cooking their french fries in beef tallow. If you’re looking for fries not fried in soybean oil, by then end of February 2025. Source: https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/lifestyle/steak-n-shake-to-cook-fries-in-beef-tallow-authentic-way/
Thanks to E. Jenkins for this heads up about Roosters Brewing Co., in Utah. “The cook told me she uses an alternate butter on almost everything she makes, and the main ingredient of that alternate butter is Soy” “I asked what meals don’t use their soy based butter, and they offered any of the sandwiches … Read more
Thanks to alert reader Barbara Cherry for this information on Moe’s Southwest Grill: Check out this allergen filter for Moe’s menu. You can choose more than one allergen, along with food type (taco, burrito, etc.), and it grays out items that are excluded due to allergens selected. But if you change food type, go back … Read more
M. Bonafede reports We’ve had reasonable success finding items our soy-allergic daughter can eat at Panera. (her allergy didn’t get severe until teen years, so we’re new at this). Many of Panera’s breads do not have soy. So if we avoid the marinated sandwich fillings, tuna/chicken salad, and make it very clear that no dressing … Read more
H. Cooper discovered: Finally found one, Sir Kensington’s seems to be soy free.
K. Grady writes: I live in eastern NC and have become allergic to soy. At this time Burger King burgers have no soy. I order mine with no bun no CHEESE- it has soy in it- and of course no mayo. Unfortunately they have announced they are trying a new soy based Burger in Louisiana. … Read more
M. Woodhull writes: I discovered over the weekend that Texas Roadhouse cooks with soybean oil. Also, if you order vinegar and oil so you can do your own salad dressing, the oil on the table is soybean oil.
This was a pleasant surprise. We figured there was no way the kids could have the Mint Chocolate Swirl Shake at Arby’s, minus the Andes mints. For those of you interested in the components: it’s made from their Vanilla Shake base, mint syrup (shipped in special for this promotion), the chocolate frosting from the chocolate turnovers, … Read more
I haven’t gotten to check out a number of these locations, here’s what NiCole has discovered, (my comments in green.) From: NiCole Subject: soy free food I live with a pretty severe soy allergy and I love eating out. Buffalo Wild Wings is pretty safe as they use beef fat for frying. (very interesting!) I … Read more
We are familiar with a number of these locations, (my comments in green.) From: Sarah Subject: A Fellow Soy-Free Akronite. Hi there! I chanced upon your site for the first time today and I am so happy (and surprised) to have found you! I live in Akron, OH, too, and developed a soy allergy six … 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.
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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]
