Sarah_Cinnamon Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hi Everyone! I started the Whole30 yesterday and did very well. I usually cook most of my meals from scratch so it was easy to avoid the bad stuff. This morning for breakfast, I checked my canned tuna label, "Tuna, water, vegetable broth, salt" and thought "Green light." To my dismay, I discovered the words "Contains: Tuna, soy" on the label after I ate! Why is there soy in tuna fish?? Do I have to restart? I guess the month of September is a good time frame with exactly 30 days... Sincerely, Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummerGirl Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hi Sarah, I saw a post (I think from Tom Denham) recently saying that any kind of soy means a restart. At least you're only one day in! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted August 31, 2012 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2012 It turns out that I am stricter than Melissa Hartwig. She advised someone in a recent post to view their accidental eating of soy as a learning experience and to go on. I would say view your accidental eating of soy as a learning experience and add one day to your Whole30. When I read a label that says vegetable broth, I think of carrots, green beans, maybe some onions. Food manufacturers would call soy bean broth vegetable broth. There is probably some legislation that forces manufactures to disclose soy in the particular instance of tuna. I check all the cans of tuna in stores occasionally and find that tuna packed with soy is more common than tuna packed without it. I can usually find only a few varieties that do not include soy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhmomi Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Trader Joe's to the rescue if you can get to one. They have tuna with no soy. TJ's sardines are good too. So much more flavor than tuna. Yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkdiamonds Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm glad I'm reading this post before I made that mistake. Thanks for the heads up. I will definitely be checking my tuna labels for soy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberrantatavia Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I just picked up trader joes tuna for the same reason. Amazing the things you find soy in. I ranted a couple of days ago that there is soy in one of my favorite teas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_Cinnamon Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Thanks for all the advice! After reviewing the facts and re-checking labels, I decided to make a clean start of things today. This is my new Day 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnkcmd Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I had a conniption when I figured this out. Then I told a Whole 30 buddy and she cried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elleon Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 If you are a Costco member, last time I checked the Kirkland brand (I think white chunk albacore?) did not have soy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennrider Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Kroger sells a brand called Sustainable Seas. It's the only brand they carry without soy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Kite Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I just ran into this myself with two days to go. ARGHHHHH! I decided to take it as a learning experience but I'm going to continue on with a Whole60 so the next 30 days I'll use the TJ's tuna or will check out Kirklands. Thankfully I had not had tuna until day 28. I checked my canned chicken while I was at it - Modified Food Starch! Gonna continue to cook my own chickens I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina R Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I have been there. Check out my post Another Whole30 Timeline. Enjoy! http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/15995-another-whole30-timeline/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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