Comments on: O’Soy Yogurt: Not Vegan

By: Logan Anderson

Logan Anderson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:01:23 +0000

Has anyone noticed that the O’Soy vanilla tastes like wet dog? Dog run-off is most certainly an animal product.

By: Flora singleton

Flora singleton — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:08:42 +0000

I agree with Ryan. I was disappointed to find cows milk in the soy yogurt, especially now that I’ve found out about pus in cows milk(I’ve gone dairyless). I think it’s a shame and an all out lie. Needless to say, I won’t be buying your product anymore and I’m telling the entire church population who has just started using your soy products. We’ve had an impact on the health food industry in our town in just a few weeks. I’m hoping to do the same with this product. Besides, this is not the tasiest or best textured yogurt and the calorie count is more than I expected.

By: lotus

lotus — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:08:58 +0000

I agree with Ryan. Regardless if you are vegan or not,(which i happen to be)it is unethical and wrong to advertise to be milk free and have a label saying contains milk; they deserve a lawsuit in my opinion. I have never eaten the product and now never will. I suppose I will stick with my wholesoy yogurt.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:24:23 +0000

If it contains milk to produce cultures that’s fine with me.

Yeah, but it’s not with others.

For me, I need to reduce animal based fat, so this is a perfect food.

Never mind that there are far better foods, but a vegan’s so-called “extremist dietary regimen” gets rid of those animal fats altogether.

By: But I'm not Mad

But I'm not Mad — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:01:53 +0000

I just bought some of this soy-yogurt today. For me, I need to reduce animal based fat, so this is a perfect food. If it contains milk to produce cultures that’s fine with me. If you need a vegan product, buy something else. Take responsibility for your own extremist dietary regimens, don’t think the healthy food industry exists to satisfy your needs and throw out terms like lawsuit and “so mad”.when an individual product does not.

By: Angry as well

Angry as well — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:13:12 +0000

I am also mad about this. I was in the middle of eating one of these yogurts and saw that milk culture thing on the label. My husband called to complain. I think it shouldn’t be allowed to be called soy yogurt if it has milk in it.

By: Pissed off

Pissed off — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:08:06 +0000

Stonyfield deserves death. Before this labeling when i called their PRO COWS toll free number, the shits there assured me it was vegan. Typical corporate scum trying to cash in on the soy/vegan/yogurt craze.

By: Lidia

Lidia — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:35:25 +0000

My youngest son now 18 months is allergic to cows milk protein. I learned the hard way how to read labels and realized that I have to be extra careful since almost everything contains dairy. However, I never thought soy yogurt could contain dairy. I usually shop at Trader Joes, this store chain has been the best source for dairy free products but the other day I shopped at Shop Rite and they only soy yogurt available was the O’soy 4oz cups and of course, I assumed they were milk free. After I fed my son he got a rash around his mouth and was very fusy so I read the label to find out that they yogurt contains milk base cultures. I can tell you how mad I am that I company that I trust has compromised my baby’s health. It is totally unacceptable.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:50:19 +0000

I’m not a vegan, but am a respectfully curious person. I ran across this discussion while researching soy yogurt, and am surprised that no one has yet suggested making one’s own soy yogurt by innoculating soy milk with what one knows to be non-dairy-based bacterium. I’d appreciate any insight from a vegan’s POV. Tx in advance.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:25:24 +0000

Oops… that’s suppose to be “apparently they AREN’T concerned…”

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:24:08 +0000

I was also terribly disappointed to learn that O’Soy intentionally contains dairy.

My kids both have severe milk allergies. I called Stonyfield a while back to inquire about their labeling “may contain traces of milk” and I was told they are required by law to put that warning on the soy yogurt because they run the product on the same line as their dairy yogurt and their is a small chance of cross-contamination.

However, I was assured that they regularly test the O’Soy for presence of dairy and while the FDA standard was 20 ppm, their policy was 8ppm, much lower than the federal requirement.

O’Soy is the *only* soy yogurt available in our area (and I felt joyed to see it on the shelves because alternative food products are SO rare here). So I made my peace with the information Stonyfield gave me and decided to buy it for the kids.

But now, it seems that they’ve told 10 different stories about the dairy situation. And, if they truly did just “update” the label rather than make an ingredient change, then their soy yogurt has *always* contained some milk on purpose, which means I was lied to when I called.

The nearest store that sells Whole Soy requires a two hour drive. Silk used to be carried in my local stores but after a while it was discontinued from their stock. I guess not enough people willing to buy it? I don’t know, but this basically leaves my kids with no yogurt since I am no longer buying O’Soy.

I won’t buy soy yogurt from a company that cannot keep it’s story straight when asked about allergens. Apparently they concerned about catering to all the folks who follow a vegan diet and those who must deal with milk sensitivities.

Like so many of you said, I just don’t see what the point is. Who do you market a soy yogurt to if it contains milk? What’s the target buyer in this situation?

By: Siri

Siri — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:03:19 +0000

Just happened to me too. I wish I had read this before I ate that yogurt. I feel duped, I can’t believe I didn’t read below the ingredients where it states it contains milk. Yuck!

By: theuglyearring

theuglyearring — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:50:16 +0000

http://www.nancysyogurt.com/nancys_products/soy.php

and finally a soy yogurt that proudly boasts a vegan label and is not loaded with sugar!

soybabe…our daughter loves it

By: Sghetti

Sghetti — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:29:40 +0000

I am feeling very annoyed and angry. Annoyed and angry at myself that I did not read the Stonyfield Soy yogurt label to find milk in the ingredients. And angry that I put my trust in Stonyfield. I am allergic to dairy and a vegetarian. I usually read all my labels. What a mistake!!!!No wonder I wasn’t feeling as well as I should.
Thanks to all who put this info out for us non-readers to see.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:45:14 +0000

Hi Soybabe — What you say is correct in general about the “may contain” on labels, but in this case, the product itself does actually contain milk. It explicitly says on the label:

“Contains milk (our active live cultures are milk-based).”

Which, to this day, I still find absurd. I haven’t bought a Stonyfield Farm product since.