StarKist says that their tuna is canned in “vegetable broth” as a “flavor enhancer”. Soybeans just happens to be one of the cheapest ways to make “vegetable broth”, so I suspect other companies (selling tuna in the US) are doing it for the same reasons: they want to “enhance” the taste of tuna with cheap “vegetable broth”. read more
So the first step is to avoid the tuna packed in oil – it often has soy in the oil and because oil attracts oil, you lose the omega-3 fats from the tuna when you drain tuna in oil. The second step is to try a water packed tuna. read more
Not only do most brands of canned Tuna contain soy but so do most brands of mayonnaise. Many salad dressings, sauces and thousands of processed food products contain soy. I want to stop eating soy altogether but I find it very difficult to when it is hiding in almost everything. read more