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ALIASES SOY LURKS UNDER
This information is for those who want to cut back on the amount of soy they may be consuming, but it is primarily for those who are actually allergic to soy as I am and MUST eliminate soy from their diets. I finally managed to compile what is, hopefully, a complete list of all the names that soy can be listed under on food labels. Some are glaringly obvious (like soy flour or soybean oil), but some are not so obvious. Because they are soy "derived" and not whole soy products, the USDA allows the word "soy" to be removed from the ingredient name.
This list was compiled using government websites as well as both pro- and anti-soy websites. Everything has been cross-referenced to ensure the list is as accurate and all-inclusive as possible.
BTW, I am allergic to soybean oil and fermented soy products as well as the others. Lucky me, eh?
AKARA – cowpea flour that has been blended with soy flour for frying purposes
BINDER or FILLER (in some breakfast sausage, some processed meats, vitamin supplements)
BROMATED VEGETABLE OIL
CARAMEL COLOR
EDAMAME (Green Vegetable Soybeans) – looks like a string bean
EMULSIFIER (if source unspecified)
EXTRUDED SOY PROTEIN
GLYCINE
GRAIN STARCH
GRAIN VINEGAR
HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN or HYDROLYZED PROTEIN or HYDROLYZED PLANT PROTEIN or PLANT PROTEIN or PROTEIN CRUMBLES – can be derived from soy sauce, grains (wheat, oat, barley, rye) – also may go under the names: malt, grain starches, textured vegetable protein, grain vinegar, grain alcohol, flavourings, binders or fillers)
ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN or ISOLATES or SOY ISOLATE
LECITHIN or SOY LECITHIN or LECITHIN STABILIZERS (in some butter, corn, margarine, frying sprays, chocolate, dried eggs, dried egg whites, ice cream, cookies)
MALT
MEAT EXTENDER
MISO or BEAN PASTE or BEAN SAUCE or SOYBEAN PASTE – a cultured and aged soy product (ie fermented like soy sauce)
MONO & DIGLYCERIDES (in most ice creams)
MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (MSG) or GLUTAMIC ACID or GLUTAMATE (in pork breakfast sausages)
NATTO or NATO or NATTOU – fermented soy beans (fermented soy cheese)
NATURAL FLAVORS (if they don’t say what natural flavor such as natural vanilla or natural lemon then it’s probably MSG) (in soft drinks, many fruit drinks, yogurt, ice cream, many breakfast cereals, dehydrated potatoes, candy, cakes, cookies, mustard, pickles, catsup, tomato sauce, tomato paste, cottage cheese, some butter, barbecue sauce)
OLEAN (no fat potato chips & other snacks)
OKARA or UNOHANA or KIRAZU – pulp fiber by-product of soymilk
PHOSPHOLIPIDS – derived from lecithin
SHOYU – a type of soy sauce
SOY ALBUMIN
SOY BRAN
SOY FLOUR or SOY FLOUR GRANULES or SOY GRANULES (bread, crackers, cookies, cakes)
SOY GRITS
SOY MEAL
SOY OIL or SOYBEAN OIL (Crisco, bread, cereal, mayonnaise, Miracle Whip, margarine, salad dressing)
SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATES or SOY PROTEIN or SOY CURD or SOYBEAN CURD or BEAN CURD
SOY SAUCE
SOYA
SOYA STABILIZERS
SOYBEANS
SOYNUTS
STRUCTURED PROTEIN FIBER (SPF) or SOY FIBER or SOY ISOLATE FIBER
TAMARI – a type of soy sauce
TEMPEH
TERIYAKI – primary ingredient is soy sauce
TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (TVP) or TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN (TSP) or TEXTURED SOY FLOUR (TSF) or VEGETABLE PROTEIN
TOFU
UNSPECIFIED SPROUTS (source/variety of sprout not identified)
VEGETABLE BROTH (turkey, tuna, processed foods and meats) – can be made from other grains or vegetables, but unless it is clearly stated, best to assume soy
VEGETABLE GUM – can be made from other grains or vegetables, but unless it is clearly stated, best to assume soy
VEGETABLE OIL (usually blended with soy and other oils)
VEGETABLE PASTE
VEGETABLE PROTEIN or VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT (hot dogs, processed foods and meat) – can be made from other grains or vegetables, but unless it is clearly stated, best to assume soy
VEGETABLE SHORTENING – can be made from other grains or vegetables, but unless it is clearly stated, best to assume soy
VEGETABLE STARCH – can be made from other grains or vegetables, but unless it is clearly stated, best to assume soy
VITAMIN E or TOCOPHEROLS – made from soy unless otherwise stated
YUBA (dried bean curd, bean curd sheets, bean curd skin, bamboo yuba, bean curd sticks) – by-product of soymilk
SOY is a legally permitted “additive” in the following food items (per the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service – FSIS):
Flours Grits
Concentrates Soups & Stews
Scrappie Tamales
Meat pies Sausage – both “real” and imitation
“Non-specific loaves” Injected whole muscle pork products*
Meat items* Fish*
Poultry*
* May represent up to 30% of the weight of the product.
Soy contains IgE binding proteins, which might be what causes allergies to soy products. People with soy allergy may cross react to peanuts, green peas, chick peas, lima beans, string beans, wheat, rye and barley. Soybean oil does not contain these proteins, but some people who are allergic to soy ARE allergic to soybean oil.
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