Soy butter?

I don't know about soy butter Brit, but I do know that any soy meal that is going to be fed to birds must be specially heat treated or it can be toxic to birds. I am a bit rusty on the subject now as I was toying with the idea of using soy meal in a hand raising mix I was making about 16 years ago. I found out when I was researching suppliers and one very helpful miller told me specific requirements. I decided against using it. It has something to do with the hormones present in soy beans.

Thank you Kate and Faery!

I'll stay away from the soy butter for them, I don't want to risk my girls health! :O

Does anyone have any ideas on what else I could use as a peanut butter replacement? One that's safe for budgies obviously

This is why I decided against using soy meal in my hand raising mix and why I decided to make my own as nearly all the commercial mixes use some soy meal if not using it as a main ingredient. Also another reason I don't feed pellets to my birds. Luckily in Australia our Soy is not genetically modified. There has been talk that they may allow it to be grown here. But I am hoping they don't bow down to pressure to do this. Soy is also too high in protein for birds and reading that article is a useless protein anyway. Birds can only handle around 20% protein which is the same for cats and dogs and soy is somewhere around 50% protein.

You could always try Canola Oil or even Blended Vegetable Oil that contains no soy. Many muffin and cake recipes use oil instead of butter now.

I hear coconut oil is fine in small amounts (because of high fat content).

Grapeseed oil is also a good choice that I'm pretty sure isn't toxic to birds. Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong!