Okay, it’s time to try to collect a list of the hidden soy in restaurants. There are so many items that you wouldn’t even expect to contain soy. We tend to rattle off this list when we visit a restaurant for the first time — especially when a restaurant says “We don’t use soy”. Which loosely translates … Read more
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Thanks to Shannon for this information about Red Robin Restaurants and the great tip about Chipotle (mostly) dumping soy: I had a good experience at Red Robin in Mesa tonight. Their website is awesome! They have a tool where you enter in your allergies and it gives you which items are safe! Then at the … Read more
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.
Fortunately for our kids, we were already avoiding soy, I just saw this slideshow on Mercola.com, that reminded me of some of the reasons that it was already mostly non-existent in our household. Sadly, most of what you have been led to believe by the media about soy is simply untrue. One of the worst … Read more
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
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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]
