are soy burgers healthy
Veggie burgers may seem like a superfood— after all, they’re made of veggies (or at least that’s what they want you to think). If a non-organic product contains a soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, or texturized vegetable protein, you can be pretty sure it was made using soy beans that were made with hexane, Cornucopia Institute senior researcher Charlotte Vallaeys told Mother Jones. The FDA does not set a maximum residue level in soy foods for hexane, and does not require that food manufacturers test for hexane residues, according to the report. The effects of consuming foods that contain hexane-extracted ingredients are not known. Unless you're using whole portobello mushrooms as the patties, you're likely to have more success cooking your veggie burgers on the stovetop or under the broiler, then flipping them very carefully when the time comes. 1 Add the garbanzo beans into the bowl and mash together. 2  Add the ground flax, nutritional yeast, olive oil, millet, and seasonings. 3  Mix well. 4  Form the mixture into balls, then place them on the skillet and flatten them slightly with a spatula. 5  Warm a skillet over medium heat. Not all soy products contain hexane, however. Helen's Kitchen, Tofurky, Turtle Island and Wildwood are among the brands that do not use hexane. Morningstar Farms and Boca Burgers have hexane-free products as well. And on top of being highly processed, veggie burgers often have an excess amount of sodium (some brands weigh in with over 400 mg of sodium per patty!) which can lead to serious health problems like high blood pressure and kidney disease. Your tasty patty may come with an unwanted condiment: Hexane. Many popular brands of soy-based vegetarian foods, such as Morningstar Farms, Trader Joes, Amy's Kitchen, Boca Burger, Yves and others, may include a decidedly un-green petroleum byproduct of gasoline refining, Mother Jones magazine reports. Beware of the Burger — The Need-to-Know. Even though veggie burgers are made of, well, veggies, the amount of processing these ingredients go through is where the problem starts, zapping the patties of some essential nutrients. Light and Tasty Veggie Burgers. Veggie burgers can be made with chickpeas, black beans, white beans, potatoes, lentils, and pretty much any other vegetable that can be mashed and formed into a patty. And made right, they're delicious—but fragile.
No, not all soy burger.