Editing Soybean (section)

====Soy-based infant formula====
Soy-based [[infant formula]] (SBIF) is sometimes given to infants who are not being strictly breastfed; it can be useful for infants who are either allergic to pasteurized cow milk proteins or who are being fed a [[Veganism|vegan]] diet. It is sold in powdered, ready-to-feed, and concentrated liquid forms.

Some reviews have expressed the opinion that more research is needed to determine what effect the phytoestrogens in soybeans may have on infants.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=14599051 |year=2003 |last1=Miniello |first1=VL |last2=Moro |first2=GE |last3=Tarantino |first3=M |last4=Natile |first4=M |last5=Granieri |first5=L |last6=Armenio |first6=L |title=Soy-based Formulas and Phyto-oestrogens: A Safety Profile |volume=91 |issue=441 |pages=93–100 |journal=[[Acta Paediatrica]]|doi=10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb00655.x|s2cid=25762109 }}</ref> Diverse studies have concluded there are no adverse effects in human growth, development, or reproduction as a result of the consumption of soy-based infant formula.<ref>{{cite journal |pages=191–96 |doi=10.1515/JPEM.2004.17.2.191 |title=Soy Protein Formulas in Children: No Hormonal Effects in Long-term Feeding |year=2004 |last1=Giampietro |first1=P.G. |last2=Bruno |first2=G. |last3=Furcolo |first3=G. |last4=Casati |first4=A. |last5=Brunetti |first5=E. |last6=Spadoni |first6=G.L. |last7=Galli |first7=E. |journal=Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism|volume=17 |issue=2 |pmid=15055353|s2cid=43304969 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pages=807–14 |doi=10.1001/jama.286.7.807 |title=Exposure to Soy-Based Formula in Infancy and Endocrinological and Reproductive Outcomes in Young Adulthood |year=2001 |last1=Strom |first1=B.L. |journal=JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association |volume=286 |issue=7 |pmid=11497534 |last2=Schinnar |first2=R |last3=Ziegler |first3=EE |last4=Barnhart |first4=KT |last5=Sammel |first5=MD |last6=MacOnes |first6=GA |last7=Stallings |first7=VA |last8=Drulis |first8=JM |last9=Nelson |first9=SE|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=Nutri>{{cite journal |first1=Russell J. |last1=Merritt |first2=Belinda H. |last2=Jenks |title=Safety of Soy-Based Infant Formulas Containing Isoflavones: The Clinical Evidence |journal=The Journal of Nutrition|pmid=15113975 |year=2004 |volume=134 |issue=5 |pages=1220S–24S|doi=10.1093/jn/134.5.1220S |doi-access=free }}</ref> One of these studies, published in the ''[[Journal of Nutrition]]'',<ref name=Nutri /> concludes that there are:

<blockquote>... no clinical concerns with respect to nutritional adequacy, sexual development, neurobehavioral development, immune development, or thyroid disease. SBIFs provide complete nutrition that adequately supports normal infant growth and development. FDA has accepted SBIFs as safe for use as the sole source of nutrition.</blockquote>