Hi everyone,
This comes up time and again on gluten free sites because most processed gluten free replacement foods are very high in fat and sugar and low in protein.
Lots of plant based foods are aimed at vegan diary free and gluten free as its a wider market and they can highlight the 'free from' aspect. And my question is free from what because the implication is it is in the free from aisle its expensive it must be healthy.
Now I eat soya creams and ice cream and soya is one food group that concerns me as it is a very powerful protein so my approach is with respect and in moderation. So why do I eat it, thats easy my body does not like dairy equivalents so I haven't eaten ice cream for over 20 years and now buy Swedish Glace and Alpro single cream and I enjoy it with lots of fruit as part of my diet, anothermember has mentioned this on a couple of posts in replies and its a very good point.
I think the answer is to make our own plant based milk goodies so they are just that...full of goodness.
So do you worry or have concerns about any food groups that you eat like soya?
Here's the ingredients of Swedish Glace vanilla ice cream:
Water, sugar, dextrose, vegetable oils (palm, coconut), SOYA bean powder (6.6%), flavouring, emulsifiers (mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids, citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), salt, stabilisers (locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan), vanilla bean pieces, colour (carotenes).