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Active Lifestyles 
Soy Free Diet
General Guidelines For Soy Free Diet
| Foods | Allowed | Not Allowed |
| Breads & Starches | Breads, baked goods, cereals not containing soy ingredients. Potato chips or popcorn cooked in soy oil. Plain macaroni, rice, barley, rye, wheat, oats, or grits. |
Breads, crackers, cakes, rolls, or pastries containing peanuts, peanut oil, soy flour. Process and "natural " cereals which contain soy ingredients.Soy pasta. |
| Vegetables | Fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables (except those listed as not allowed) without sauces or breading containing soy ingredients. | Soy beans, soybean sprouts. Any vegetables prepared with sauces or breading containing soy products. |
| Fruit | All fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and juices process without soy products. | Fruit drink mixed or sauces/toppings for fruit which contain soy ingredients. |
| Beverages | Soft drinks Tea, coffee, Fruit juice | Soy-based formulas, coffee substitutes with soy, instant coffee, hot cocoa mixes, malt beverages, fruit drink mixes made with soy ingredients. |
| Meat & Meat Substitutes | Any fresh or frozen beef, chicken, lamb, pork, turkey, veal, or fish served without prepackaged sauces, breading, or gravy. |
Pork link sausage, deli/luncheon meats made with soy. Commercially prepared meats where soy is used as a meat extender. Meat or cheese substitutes which contain soy: tofu/bean curd, natto, miso.Textured vegetable protein (TVP). |
| Milk & Milk Products | Milk, cheese, cottage cheese, or yogurt without soy products. | Milk drinks or milk substitutes that contain soy. |
| Soups & Combination Foods | Homemade soups and commercial soups that do not contain soybeans. | Soy is used in many canned soups, commercial entrees, and combination foods. |
| Desserts & Sweets | Ice cream, gelatin, cookies made without soy ingredients. | Baked goods, such as cakes or cookies which contain soy flour. Soy products may be used in some commercial ice creams and other frozen desserts. Hard candies, nut candies, fudge, and caramels made with soy flour. |
| Fats & Oils | Butter, margarines, shortening. | Margarine and butter substitutes. Some salad dressings, mayonnaise, sauces, or gravies containing soy products. Roasted soybeans or "soy nuts". |
| Condiments & Miscellaneous | Sugar, honey, molasses, catsup, mustard, jelly, jam, plain sugar candies, syrup, pickles. | Commercial vegetarian products and meat substitutes. Heinz® Worcestershire sauce, Lea & Perrins® sauce, fermented soybean pastes (miso and natto). Soy sauce, tamari sauce, granola, or breakfast bars made with soy. Imitation bacon bits made with soy. |
Be sure to avoid giving your child foods that contain any of the following ingredients:
- hydrolyzed soy protein
- shoyo sauce
- soy flour
- soy grits
- soy nuts
- soy milk
- soy sprouts
- soy protein concentrate
- soy protein isolate
- soy sauce
- tempeh
- textured vegetable protein (TVP)
- miso
- tofu
Other possible sources of soy or soy products:
- flavorings
- hydrolyzed vegetable protein
- natural flavoring
- vegetable broth
- vegetable gum
- vegetable starch
- hydrolyzed plant protein
To avoid soy and soy products:
Flavorings may be soy based.Contact the manufacturer to identify the natural flavorings in foods. Ask if they use soy as a carrier protein for the natural flavoring. Hydrolyzed plant and hydrolyzed vegetable protein in the US are likely to be soy.
Contact the company to identify vegetable broth, gums, and starches, as they have the potential to be soy.
