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Animal Fronteirs Article:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6951912/


Vegan Sources of Protein

Legumes: 

Beans

1/2 cup cooked black beans 7 grams

¼ cup cooked pinto beans 7.7 g

¼ cup cooked fava beans 6.5g

½ cup chickpeas 7.3g

1/2 cup cooked navy beans 7.5

½ cup cooked kidney beans 7.5

½ cup cooked blackeyed peas 8 g

½ cup mung beans 7 g

½ cup pink beans 8 g

½ cup adzuki beans 8.5

Lentils

½ cup red lentils 9g

½ cup green lentils 9g

½ cup black lentils 9 g

Peas

½ cup peas 4.3 grams

Peanuts

1 tsp peanut butter 3.5 g 


Nuts

1 oz almonds 6g

1 oz cashews 5.2g

1 oz hazelnuts 4.2g

1 oz brazil nuts 2g

1 oz walnuts 4.3g

Seeds

1 oz pumpkin seeds 8.3 g

1 oz sunflower seeds 5.8

1 oz chia seeds 4.7g

1 oz flax seeds 5.2g

1 oz hemp seeds  9 g 


Meat alternatives

Tofu ½ cup - 22g protein

Tempeh ½ cup- 22.6g

Milk Alternatives

1 cup soy milk 6.9g

1 cup almond milk 1g

1 cup hemp milk (Daily Greens Vanilla) 3.3g

1 cup pea milk (Ripple Original) 7.6g

1 cup cashew milk  (Urban Remedy) 4.3g

Vegetables

1 cup cooked broccoli- 3.7g

1 cup asparagus- 2.9g

1 cup spinach cooked 5.9g

1 cup kale cooked 3.8g

1 cup beets 2.9g

1 tsp spirulina 4g

Grains

½ cup quinoa - 4.1g

½ cup white rice- 2g

½ cup brown rice- 2.2

½ cup oats 3g

½ cup wild rice 3.2g

1 slice Ezekiel bread 5g