Are all soy ingredients created by using hexane solvent extraction?
No. Soy ingredients are processed using a variety of methods, all of which are considered safe by the FDA. These processing methods provide a variety of nutritional, functional and compositional choices among soy ingredients. Soy products contain differing levels of protein, oil, and carbohydrate. To extract the soybean oil from the whole bean without using hexane solvent extraction, some processors use machines called expellers that mechanically squeeze the oil out of the beans and others use a water processing approach. These methods produce different qualities of soy ingredients that may have varying nutritional, functional and compositional properties. Some soyfoods are made from whole soybean ingredients that do not require a processing step to separate the oil from the bean. Most tofu, tempeh, miso, tamari, soymilks, soy yogurts, and soy frozen desserts (made from whole soybean soymilk) as well as whole soy nutrition bars are examples of these products. To find out more informati
