Dining out with a soy allergy

[Anonymous]

We have a newly diagnosed soy allergy in the family. We’ve been told not to worry about microscopic cross contamination, but she can’t have any form of soy, including soybean oil and soy lecithin. We’ve done ok with eating at home, but we are about to travel.

Anyone BTDT with a soy restriction? I’m thinking many Italian restaurants should work (with the reliance on olive oil)? What about NY delis? Not sandwiches (the bread is usually a problem), but one of those sit down places with huge menus? Other ideas? We’d love to have options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a newly diagnosed soy allergy in the family. We’ve been told not to worry about microscopic cross contamination, but she can’t have any form of soy, including soybean oil and soy lecithin. We’ve done ok with eating at home, but we are about to travel.

Anyone BTDT with a soy restriction? I’m thinking many Italian restaurants should work (with the reliance on olive oil)? What about NY delis? Not sandwiches (the bread is usually a problem), but one of those sit down places with huge menus? Other ideas? We’d love to have options.

No advice but if your DC is older (high school ie past the time when food allergies usually appear), then this is the second such soy allergy I have heard of in a few weeks. Good luck- we have food allergies but not that one.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any tips?

[Anonymous]

Try https://diningwithoutsoy.com/updates/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a newly diagnosed soy allergy in the family. We’ve been told not to worry about microscopic cross contamination, but she can’t have any form of soy, including soybean oil and soy lecithin. We’ve done ok with eating at home, but we are about to travel.

Anyone BTDT with a soy restriction? I’m thinking many Italian restaurants should work (with the reliance on olive oil)? What about NY delis? Not sandwiches (the bread is usually a problem), but one of those sit down places with huge menus? Other ideas? We’d love to have options.

I dont but soy is in a LOT. There are even soy lined cans. A FB group may be more helpful as they have real world experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try https://diningwithoutsoy.com/updates/

NP and thank you so much for sharing this. My college age niece was recently diagnosed with a soy allergy after years of feeling awful all the time and it's great how much better she feels now, but it is hard to accommodate! I had no idea how prevalent soy is.

FWIW, this isn't eating out but I just learned from my brother in Seattle that Theo Chocolate (which is Seattle-based) has great soy-free chocolates. They use a longer conching (?) process in creating their chocolate which obviates the need for soy lethicin, in case your family member is missing chocolate.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is anaphylactic to soy but ok with lecithin and oil. She had many other allergies so we don’t eat out.

[Anonymous]

Good luck because soy is in almost everything, even things you would not expect. If it isn't the oil, it's texturized vegetable protein or lecithin.