Foods with soy: Cranberry Walnut Dressing

Here's another edition of my ongoing series, "Foods you didn't know had soy."  I'm gonna change how I post the series. I'm going to make this a weekly series and post whatever foods with soy I find during the week instead of waiting until I have a certain amount of items.

You would think I'd be jaded and no longer shocked by all the foods I find that has soy, but I am constantly amazed at how many foods contain it. Almost every time I go to the store, I find something else and snap a pic with my iPhone.

Any food items with soy you've found recently that surprised you?  If so, feel free to take a pic and e-mail it to me.  I'll load them up as part of the series.


- Sunshine
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This week's entry is Cranberry Walnut Dressing from Naturally Fresh (I'm not even gonna go there with the company name).  Even though I realize that almost every single ready made dressing has some form of soy in it, I'm always surprised when I find it, especially in the refrigerated (i.e. "fresher") brands.

 

I really like how this flavor combination sounds and think it would be a great fall fruit dip.  I may end up attempting to recreate it.

And, soybean oil aside, since when did sour cream have so many damn ingredients?

Foods with soy

This is the 4th edition of my ongoing series, "Foods you didn't know had soy."  I am constantly amazed at how many foods have soy; at least once a week, I'll ask Tara (or somebody random if they're standing next to me at the supermarket), "Did you know that this had soy?! WTF?"  Be sure to check out the rest of the series. 


1. Meal replacement shakes

2. Microwave popcorn

3.  Protein bars

Most, but not all, protein bars use soy as their protein.

4. Container frosting

Every style of frosting that I checked out at my regular supermarket had soy in it.  Needless to say, I was pretty surprised. 

5. Rainbow sprinkles 

This was the biggest WTF?  I mean, sprinkles?  Really?


Note: While not all varieties of a product contain soy, each of the items pictured above does. For most items, there are a variety of alternatives; some, however, may be harder to find than others.

10 Foods you didn't know had soy, 3rd edition: Candy special

When I first decided to make the "Foods you didn't know had soy" posts into a series, I was concerned that I wouldn't have enough food items to keep the series going.  Well, I needn't have worried!  There is no shortage of foods that contain soy.

Case in point: Tara and I were at the Dollar store this past weekend and, since Tara can get lost in there and I'm not much of a fan, I decided to check out their food section to see if I could find a few items with soy.   Holy cow! Did I hit the jackpot!  There were so many items that I actually started to get pissed off and upset. I kept running over to Tara to show her a pic, while exclaiming, "This [pointing at the pic], this has soy!"  (It should be noted that while there were a fair amount of off-brands, there was also a significant number of name brands.)

The biggest surprise was the candy aisle.  I found so many items that, in the spirit of Halloween this weekend, I decided to dedicate an entire edition to candy. I didn't list any chocolate candies because I already mentioned chocolate in the first edition.  So, if a candy has chocolate, you're pretty much guaranteed that it also has soy.  Even with ignoring the chocolate candy, I still found soooo many other candy products that have soy!


1. Bit-O-Honey

2. Caramel candies

3. Caramel Creams (Bull's Eyes)

I loved these growing up.

4. Certs mints

5. Wrigley's Spearmint gum

Every single flavor of Wrigley's that I checked out has soy, including the Orbit White Bubblemint sitting in my drawer at work.  Glee Gum is a great alternative, but it doesn't last nearly as long as regular gum.


6. Creme Savers

I didn't actually see these at the Dollar store, but I found them when reading the Wrigley's website.


7. Willy Wonka Laffy Taffy

8. Now and Later

 

9. Pez

I'm not sure why, but this disappointed me the most

10. Sugar Daddy's (and Babies)

Alison, over at Sure Foods Living, made a list of all the available soy free candy that she was able to find.  Also, in doing my searching online, I found a few places that sell soy-free candy; Natural Candy Store has a great selection (no affiliation).

5 Foods you didn't know had soy, 2nd edition

In my continuing efforts to eliminate all soy products from the foods we eat at home, I've found even more foods that I never realized contained soy - so much so that I'm making my posts on "Foods you didn't know had soy in them" an occasional series!  This one is my second post (in case you couldn't tell from the title...); be sure to check out the first post.


1. Margarine

Source

2. Potato chips

3. Bottled tomato sauce

4. Vegetable oil

This might sound obvious, but I was so surprised when I checked my bottle of 'vegetable' oil and the only ingredient was soybean oil.

5. Non-stick cooking spray

I have this brand in my cabinet.

The above spray has an oil blend that contains soybean oil and it also has soy lecithin.  For each spray I checked, all varieties, even olive and sunflower oil, had soy lecithin.  Your best bet here is to either get one of those pump spray things or go old-school.

Note: While not all varieties of a product contain soy, each of the items pictured above does.  For most items, there are a variety of alternatives; some, however, may be harder to find than others.

BIG THANKS to Maggie Hoffman from Serious Eats for linking this post!