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Re:Eat Real Food by aucisson_masque on Thursday January 08, 2026 @04:55PM (#46547048)
PDCAAS (Protein Digestibility-Corrected Amino Acid Score)
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Re:Eat Real Food by NewJazz on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:39PM (#46548633)
PDCAAS of soy is 0.91, beef is 0.92. Black beans are 0.75, chickpeas 0.78. You said 2:1, I'm not seeing that at all.
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Re:Eat Real Food by aucisson_masque on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:52PM (#46570765)
Black beans PDCAAS is 0.53, not 0.75. Which is around 1:2 ratio compared to soy, beef, whey.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/PDCAAS-values-for-variou...

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Re:Eat Real Food by NewJazz on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @01:34AM (#46597885)
Wikipedia quotes a source with different numbers. It can vary based on preparation methodology.
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