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Textured soy protein: allergens and what’s inside

Of 64 packs of textured soy protein whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list soy and 13% list gluten. Another 30% carry a “may contain” line for gluten. Most list soya.

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Which allergens are in textured soy protein?

Of 64 packs of textured soy protein whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 100% list soy, 13% list gluten, 3% list mustard and 2% list egg. Another 30% carry a “may contain” line for gluten, 27% for tree nuts and 25% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Soy allergyNot for you100% list soy.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up13% list gluten; 30% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up3% list mustard; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up2% list egg.
Milk allergyHeads up2% list milk; 20% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up2% list sesame; 25% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

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What is textured soy protein usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of textured soy protein list, with the share of packs that list each: soya (72%), soya flour (39%), soy protein (31%) and water (25%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 20 · Germany 14 · Poland 12 · India 8.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for textured soy protein.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is textured soy protein?

In the Open Food Facts categories, textured soy protein is a kind of textured vegetable protein.

What else is textured soy protein called?

In EnglishSoy protein textured rehydrated from soy floursoy granulatessoy chunks
French
Protéine de soja texturée
German
Texturiertes Sojaprotein, Soja-Granulate
Spanish
Proteína de soja texturizada, Soja texturizada
Italian
Proteine di soia testurizzate, granulari di soia
Polish
Teksturowane białko sojowe

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Textured soy protein

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