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Topic: Liquid tofu

Can one reasonably regard unsweetened soya drink as liquid tofu?

Please discuss.

William

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Re: Liquid tofu

No. Tofu is bean curd, formed by coagulation of soybeans, whereas soya drink isn’t (or shouldn’t be!) curdled.

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Re: Liquid tofu

Ah.

Yet the fortified versions of unsweetened soya drink have added calcium.

The ones I have also have vitamin B12 and vitamin D2 as well.

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I’ve never seen soya drink that’s only fortified with calcium. There’s always vitamin D, riboflavin (vitamin B2) and vitamin B12, too.

Organic soya drink seems to lack all of the above.

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Re: Liquid tofu

Alfred wrote:

I’ve never seen soya drink that’s only fortified with calcium. There’s always vitamin D, riboflavin (vitamin B2) and vitamin B12, too.

I know that the Grower's Harvest version used to list vitamin D in the ingredients but now it lists vitamin D2.

I do not know if the product changed its forumulation and therefore its labelling or just the labelling.

D2 is from plants, D3 can be somewhat unknown as to whether its source is vegan, unless stated specifically.

If it just says D it is unknown which it is.

Alfred wrote:

Organic soya drink seems to lack all of the above.

I think it is not regarded as lacking but that if they were included it would not be organic.

William