8 Reasons You Hate Tofu and How to Change That

3. It’s Fake Food

Uh, no, it isn’t. Tofu is made from soy milk which comes from soybeans. Tofu is a vegetable, a plant-based food. It is real food. Yes, tofu is processed a bit but think about what you consider processed. If you are thinking along the line of the processed convenience foods that are nowhere near the original state of their ingredients and can sit on a shelf for months or years, tofu does not fit into that category.

Tofu is minimally processed as soy milk has to be rendered from the soybeans and then coagulated and molded into a block. Read the label on a block of tofu. It has soybeans, water and probably, a coagulant like calcium sulfate or magnesium chloride.