From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 11:53:27 MDT
> My apologies. I am not usually that short. But a claim of 95%
> protein in lean turkey is a bit over the top. Much of what you
> have said on this subject is quite good and thought provoking.
> I don't see how making claims like this add anything worthwhile.
> Yes, I can google up stuff that claims such high numbers, but
> not using really accepted methodology as far as I can tell.
Actually, he claimed 94%. According the the USDA Food and Nutrition
Information Center, an 84g serving of what they call "Turkey, all
classes, light meat, roasted" has 132 calories, 2.7g of fat, and
25.12g of protein, which would make calories from protein just over
80%. I'm not sure how whatever product he's calling "lean turkey
breast" compares to what the USDA was measuring, but it wouldn't
surprize me if such a product could be produced that pushed the
number up to 94%. It would probably be more honest to quote the 80%
figure.
But his initial point was to counter your statement that there
were some "greens and beans" that were comparable protein sources.
According the same USDA database, the highest-protein bean I could
find listed was "Soybeans, mature, boiled, without salt", which
came in at about 50% calories from protein.
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