A Question regarding Broth

[jpembry]

For a soy sensitivity is broth okay? on the soy list Broth is on there, but on my swanson container and Meijer vegetable broths, soy is not listed as an allergen

[sarkin]

If the broth does not contain soy, then it *should* be OK - soy has a lot of secret names. If they specifically list allergens and do not include soy, that is good news.

I don't know the particular brands well enough to know... If there are ingredients you aren't sure of (lecithin? not sure why they'd put that in broth... you know, fancy words ) you could google them to see whether they are likely to include soy - and some folks have gotten responses from emailing the manufacturers. (That's probably slower, though...)

Sara

[JLH]

I use Progresso low sodium chicken broth (blue box) because it doesn't contain soy.

[nancyl]

A good one is Kitchen Basics too. I think it has a lot more flavor than Swanson. That's MHO.
Nancy

[Lesley]

lecithin - tell me why they put it in tea?

I can't eat chicken broth (or any poultry), but I make broths from scratch, reduce them and freeze them in ice cube trays. Then, when I need to flavor something, I pop an ice cube or 2 into the dish. The difference in taste is stupendous.

[Martha]

I phone the manufacturer to ask if a product has gluten, dairy or soy. Usually you can find the phone number somewhere on the can or carton. I've had good results with phoning.

I also make my own broth.

[tex]

For a soy sensitivity is broth okay? on the soy list Broth is on there, but on my swanson container and Meijer vegetable broths, soy is not listed as an allergen

Soy is easy to see on labels, because the FALCPA legislation, which took effect on January 1, 2006, requires that any of the 8 major allergens, must be disclosed in plain English, on labels. Those 8 foods are eggs, fish, milk, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat. For example, a label might show an ingredient list that includes

lecithin (soy), flour (wheat), sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and/or cottonseed oil, high fructose corn syrup, eggs, and whey (milk).

As shown in that sample ingredient list, note that the allergens have to be clearly named, and after the ingredient list, the word "Contains" must be followed by a list of any of those 8 allergens that are in the product. For example, this same sample label would say:

Contains Soy, Wheat, Eggs, and Milk

Note that oils, (including soybean oil), are exempt from the "separate listing" labeling requirement, because most "experts" claim that oils do not contain proteins, and therefore they cannot cause allergic reactions. Unfortunately, they are dead wrong, because most of us who are sensitive to soy, react to soy oil as well, and those of us who react to corn, also react to corn oil, etc.

Tex