Hello all- Not sure where the info about these being soy black beans is coming from but I recently purchased these from Costco. I just went on Explore Asian's website to get the facts straight. Please everyone check their website before stating these are made from soy. This link takes you to their FAQs page for that specific info http://www.explore-asian.com/faq/
Can you tell me if your black bean pasta is made with black beans or black soy beans?
Our black beans do not contain soy, but we do process soybeans in our facility. The extrusion process of the black bean takes place on a separate machine, but the drying tunnel is the same. We do our upmost to make sure that there is no cross contamination.
The protein in your bean pasta is high and the carb is very reasonable/low. How is that? We are addressing this issue on our next print run of packaging. Now, the carbs count does not include the fibers. According to US labeling law, our carbs count should include the fibers and, therefore, the number will obviously be higher. Stay tuned for our updated print run (for our notes.. what is the real carb count and when will the packaging be updated?)
Even on the packaging, if there were any soy in these it would be stated as such not only under the ingredients but also under allergens since it is an allergen to many people. It does state for allergy reasons that this product is manufactured in a plant that processes soy beans, NOT that it contains soy. So for all of us that prefer to not consume soy, this is a safe product as it is not made from soy beans but rather from plain ol' black beans.
PS- About the protein levels in question Happy Elizabeth...under the link for their FAQs, it addresses that as well.
Happy and healthy eating everyone!