Pea Protein

csmrowell07
csmrowell07 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
If you're looking for a protein powder that is not from animals, try Pea Protein. Pea protein is low in carbs (1g per scoop), has 24g of quality protein,and branch chain amino acids. Tastes like peas. Mixes well.

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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Pea isn't a complete protein source by itself. However, when blended with rice protein, it works perfectly.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    I had a spell where I was dairy intolerant and wanted to give it a try.

    I can't get past the taste, man. I tried. I bought the pea, I bought the rice.

    I just couldn't. I tried it in recipes. Nope. I tried different brands. Double nope.

    Beyond Meat seems to mask the awfulness well, and I don't know what their secret is, but kudos to them. I love Beyond Meat's pea protein meat substitute products but can't stand anything else I've ever tasted with pea protein in it.
  • lundy2626
    lundy2626 Posts: 16 Member
    Vega Sport protien powder!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Yeah, I haven't found one that tastes that good.

    The Vega ones (mix of proteins) are okay if you do them in a smoothie with lots of other ingredients, but just in oatmeal, ugh, they don't mix right. On the other hand a plain whey protein powder is nice and neutral and mixes well (and there are a variety of brands/flavors that taste good to me).
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I had a spell where I was dairy intolerant and wanted to give it a try.

    I can't get past the taste, man. I tried. I bought the pea, I bought the rice.

    I just couldn't. I tried it in recipes. Nope. I tried different brands. Double nope.

    Beyond Meat seems to mask the awfulness well, and I don't know what their secret is, but kudos to them. I love Beyond Meat's pea protein meat substitute products but can't stand anything else I've ever tasted with pea protein in it.

    Ripple (a new milk made from peas) also seems to hide it well -- I couldn't taste it at all.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I had a spell where I was dairy intolerant and wanted to give it a try.

    I can't get past the taste, man. I tried. I bought the pea, I bought the rice.

    I just couldn't. I tried it in recipes. Nope. I tried different brands. Double nope.

    Beyond Meat seems to mask the awfulness well, and I don't know what their secret is, but kudos to them. I love Beyond Meat's pea protein meat substitute products but can't stand anything else I've ever tasted with pea protein in it.

    Ripple (a new milk made from peas) also seems to hide it well -- I couldn't taste it at all.

    Whoa, someone had the satchel to bring that name back? Ripple was an old school bum wine.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I had a spell where I was dairy intolerant and wanted to give it a try.

    I can't get past the taste, man. I tried. I bought the pea, I bought the rice.

    I just couldn't. I tried it in recipes. Nope. I tried different brands. Double nope.

    Beyond Meat seems to mask the awfulness well, and I don't know what their secret is, but kudos to them. I love Beyond Meat's pea protein meat substitute products but can't stand anything else I've ever tasted with pea protein in it.

    Ripple (a new milk made from peas) also seems to hide it well -- I couldn't taste it at all.

    Whoa, someone had the satchel to bring that name back? Ripple was an old school bum wine.

    I know -- I was surprised the first time I saw it!
  • jbirdgreen
    jbirdgreen Posts: 569 Member
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I had a spell where I was dairy intolerant and wanted to give it a try.

    I can't get past the taste, man. I tried. I bought the pea, I bought the rice.

    I just couldn't. I tried it in recipes. Nope. I tried different brands. Double nope.

    Beyond Meat seems to mask the awfulness well, and I don't know what their secret is, but kudos to them. I love Beyond Meat's pea protein meat substitute products but can't stand anything else I've ever tasted with pea protein in it.

    Ripple (a new milk made from peas) also seems to hide it well -- I couldn't taste it at all.

    Whoa, someone had the satchel to bring that name back? Ripple was an old school bum wine.

    Fred Sanford's beverage of choice.

    and I had no idea Beyond Meat used pea protein -- I've only tried it in a restaurant, never looked at the package in stores.

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