Best to choose whole soy foods over isolated soy protein powders and
imitation meats made with soy isolate (TVP — Textured Vegetable Protein).
Not exact matches
Surimi is a refined protein paste used by food manufacturers to
make imitation crab
meat and other seafood analogues, as well as fish cakes and soups.
If you opt not have
meat, the good news is that many grocery stores carry all natural vegetable
imitation meat patties — just
make sure they don't contain the aforementioned ingredients.
Big hidden sources of gluten are soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, store - bought creamy condiments and dressings (sadly, not every restaurant
makes theirs in house), beer, béchamel sauces used to thicken soups and stews, deli
meats,
imitation crab, licorice, sour candies, and chewing gum.
Although named after — and often
made to look like — the familiar
meat products they are meant to replace, taste testers tend to evaluate them as poor
imitations at best.