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DaveForner

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Does vegetable protein really contain as much protein as it says it does? I was in a bulk store and I saw a container labelled Vegetable Protein. I had never heard of it before, but my girlfriend said it is for vegetarians whom do not get enough protein in their regular diet. The sign for it said there was 53g of protein in a 100g serving with 100g costing 36 cents.

Is this actually true, does vegetable protein actually contain 53g of protein in a 100g serving or was the sign very misleading? Also, are there any downsides to adding it to my diet (Note I'm currently bulking, but I also don't want any questions answered than what I'm asking).

I'm not entirely sure if all areas call it Vegetable Protein, so I'll describe it as light brown flakes.
 
veggies are not a complete protein...they lack all the essential amino acids. you have to pair incomplete protein sources together, like beans with rice, to get all the amino acids you need.
 
So basically this vegetable protein isn't as good as it sounds? Is there anyway of telling if it has all the amino acids by looking at its ingredients/food contents?
 
malkore said:
veggies are not a complete protein...they lack all the essential amino acids. you have to pair incomplete protein sources together, like beans with rice, to get all the amino acids you need.
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Right Most all "If not then all" Veggies do not contain all the essential amino acids however if you mix and match food "sounds fun huh?" correctly then it is fine ;)

"mutual supplementation" is when you combine partial-protein foods to make complementary protein-proteins that supply adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids. for example, beans and brown rice are both rich in incomplete Protein ,BUT, when you combine beans and brown rice together, or when you combine either one with any of a number of protein-rich foods you get WHOLE complete proteins ;)
hope that helps answer your question
 
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do some googling and you'll find lists of what to pair with what...to get a complete amino acid profile.

then you'd know by the ingredient list whether you had your bases covered or not.
 
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