Protein for vegetarians/vegans

radnom on 18/07/2013 - 11:04

My missus wants Vital Greens Pea Protein.

Best price I've found is about $50.47 per kilo (for 4 kilos) making it more than $200 for free delivery. But 4 kilos is a lot of protein….

http://www.vitaminking.com.au/Vital-Protein-Pea-Protein-Isol…
$50 1kg or $150 for 3 x 1kg. Free Delivery for orders over $200 (otherwise $10 flat).

http://www.superdiscountsupplements.com.au/protein-powders--…
$150 for 3 x 1kg. Free Delivery for orders over $200 (otherwise $10 flat).

Anyone found a suitable lower cost substitute for vegan/vegetarian protein?

Cheers :)

General Discussion

Comments

  • cannedhams on 18/07/2013 - 12:59
    +1

    Hi,

    The cheapest protein powder, by far, is gluten. I used to buy a 50kg bag of Manildra gluten flour (pure gluten, not high gluten flour). I would then mix it 50:50 with soy flour and a little vegetable stock to make protein balls, which I would grill till they were toasty.

    You can buy soy flour and viral wheat gluten from staples shops fairly cheaply - no more than $10 a kilo max. Cheaper to buy the big bakery bags, but I guess you don't want that much.

    Buckwheat protein is the king of vegetable proteins - near-perfectly balanced at about 90% BV (much better than beef, BTW). Pea protein is nothing special, its roughly equivalent to lentil or soy protein.

    Broadly, legumes are deficient in the amino acid methionine, whereas grains are deficient in lysine. So you ideally would like to mix them.

    If you really want the stuff in a tub, I would buy through vitacost:-

    http://www.vitacost.com/nutribiotic-vegan-rice-protein-powde…

    This works out to $40 or thereabouts including DHL global mail, for 1.2 kilos.

  • ThadtheChad on 18/07/2013 - 13:38
    +1

    Is she Vegan/lactose intolerant?

    From what I understand, both Pea and Soy have high protein content. However, the issue is the absorption is suboptimal as compared to proteins derived from animal products. 32g of Soy protein vs 32g of animal/dairy protein is not the same.

    If she's fine with dairy, the best thing would be Whey Protein Isolate/Concentrate.

    Buckwheat flour based proteins are an excellent option (as mentioned by poster above) if she's vegan/lactose intolerant.

  • Rosered on 18/07/2013 - 15:40
    +1

    Would she be interested in trying Rice Protein Concentrate? I use this:
    3kg Rice Protein Concentrate Powder currently reduced to $49.45 for 3kg. Shipping is free if you buy 3kg or more. (Get them to send you a total if it doesn't remove the shipping cost automatically).
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/230840651047

  • radnom on 18/07/2013 - 16:38

    Thanks so much folks, I will pass the details on.

    She's not into this particular pea protein due to intolerances: she's been told that pea protein is "better" for her, and she knows she likes the taste of this one.

    I personally like the sounds of buckwheat and rice protein….

  • radnom on 01/08/2013 - 17:44

    Just to follow up, we got some Rice Protein from ebay (not the link above)
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1kg-Maximum-RPI-Brown-Rice-Protei…

    … and my wife doesn't like it. I tried it myself, and in her defence, it is a lot more gritty (more coarse) than the pea protein.

    Incidentally, I also got 2kg pea protein vanilla for $100 at Aminoz…

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