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Complete protein

Food that contains all nine essential amino acids.

Animal: eggs, dairy, meet Plant:

  • quinoa, buckwheat, hempseed, blue-green algae, soybeans
  • seitan - low in lysine

protein quality score

  • Protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS)
  • Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid Score (DIAAS)

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