5 best sources of protein for vegetarians

How to hit your protein quota and fuel muscle growth on a vegetarian diet

Going meat-free while training is becoming less and less taboo as the cost of good quality meat continues to rise and vegetarian meals grow in popularity as meat eaters realise that they’re often cheaper, lower in calories and better for the environment. It’s actually far easier to get enough protein without eating meat than people might think, but the common question that often arises refers to whether or not these meat-free protein sources offer the full amount of amino acids present in meat-based protein. In total there are 20 different amino acids that can form a protein, and nine that the body cannot produce on its own.

Meat and eggs are indeed complete proteins, and beans and nuts are not, but humans don’t actually need every essential amino acid in every bite of food in every meal that we eat, we only need a sufficient amount of each of the amino acids each day. A lot of dieticians actually believe that plant-based diets tend to contain such a wide variety of amino acid profiles that even vegans are pretty much certain to get all of their amino acids with very little effort.

There are plenty of ways for you to hit your full protein quota when it comes to meat-free Monday; here are 5 of the best:

1. Mycoprotein AKA Quorn

First developed to combat the growing global food shortages, mycoprotein is better known in the UK as

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