Canned Tuna Question

[ddawg]

I was looking at the ingredients of the tuna that I buy and I noticed that one of the ingredients was vegetable broth and in parenthesis it said contains soy. I try to avoid soy at all costs so I was wondering if the soy in the tuna is anything major, or is most of it just in the liquid and it all goes away when you drain it. I buy the chunck light in water tuna.

 

[Jodi]

Hmmm......that is interesting. My tuna doesn't contain that. What brand are you buying.

 

[ddawg]

Hmmm......that is interesting. My tuna doesn't contain that. What brand are you buying.

Acutally, while I was at the store I looked at 2 or 3 different brands of canned chunk light tuna in water and all three of them in the ingredients said this: tuna, water, vegetable broth (contains soy). I remember 2 of the brands were starkist and shur shine.

 

[XcelKrush]

Dont worry, vegetable broth contains very minimal calories or protein. So the amount of soy is extremely minimal.

 

[Emma-Leigh]

I was looking at the ingredients of the tuna that I buy and I noticed that one of the ingredients was vegetable broth and in parenthesis it said contains soy. I try to avoid soy at all costs so I was wondering if the soy in the tuna is anything major, or is most of it just in the liquid and it all goes away when you drain it. I buy the chunck light in water tuna.

It is not going to be a problem. It will be in such minuscule amounts in the broth and 99% will be drained off when you drain the tuna.

If you are concerned just get the PLAIN tuna (not in vegetable broth).

Soy is actually in a LOT of things and it is very hard to avoid unless you stick to mostly natural/unprocessed foods. It is used as an emulsifier (lecithin), a cheap bulking/binding or flavouring agent (eg: The "hydrolyzed vegetable protein" in pre-packaged meals) and it is used as a form of "vegetable oil" (and can be called just 'vegetable oil'). It is also used as a cheap flour/filler in many breads or baked goods and to lower the carb content and increase the protein content in many low carb foods.

However, because soy is a major allergen (like eggs and nuts) over here in Australia there is a LEGAL requirement for them to state that the product contain soy (or even if it is processed in a factory that also processes soy)... I am not sure if this is the case is in the US??

 

[njdevil13]

damn, i was actually going to post this today. soy is in ingredients for my tuna as well. bumblebee tuna.

 

[GoalGetter]

My tuna ingredients are just tuna and water. it's the no sodium added tuna. But i forgot what brand it is.