As you can see, plant protein sources usually score around 0.73-0.8 in whole form, while meat sources score 0.9+. Note there are not PDCAAS values for that many foods. In particular, I haven’t found scores for most vegan complete proteins.. But it’s important to understand that protein quality scores like the PDCAAS look at the amino acids absorbed from a single source.
The data is in terms of percent (%) of total amino acids in each respective source. I realize it’s a bit tough to see, but essential amino acids are marked with an asterisk beside their name (*). In general, plant sources of protein don’t have quite as good of an amino acid profile. However, keep in mind is that most diets and plant based ...
