I think there’s a minimum amount of protein per serving size that constitutes “significant”. This simply doesn’t meet the mark. Though, you’re well within your rights to make that decision for yourself
jrj0917
Pork rinds are skin, not muscle, and they aren’t even that much skin.
Half an ounce has roughly the same amount of protein as half a cup of cooked black beans.
Or one ounce of chicken.
Or one large egg.
Or one ounce of cheese.
Or two ounces of tofu.
Sounds pretty significant to me, regardless of “official” definitions.
dopadelic
That protein is low in several essential amino acids, notably tryptophan and methionine and hence the FDA doesn’t consider it a significant source of protein.
VadPuma
I love the marketing behind stating that fried pork rinds have 0 carbs, 0 something else.
Then the nutritional info shows a serving to be 14g, which must be like 3 chips, and you see that it has 10% of the saturated fat and a ton of salt on them. I mean you know they are not healthy, why look at them for nutritional content at all?
Spare_Rib8599
It’s fat not protein
Illustrious-One5348
Because the given protein is mostly collagen, which is composed of mainly just 4-5 aminoacids, and as such, lacks quite a bit of quality when compared to other sources of protein.
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I think there’s a minimum amount of protein per serving size that constitutes “significant”. This simply doesn’t meet the mark. Though, you’re well within your rights to make that decision for yourself
Pork rinds are skin, not muscle, and they aren’t even that much skin.
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Half an ounce has roughly the same amount of protein as half a cup of cooked black beans.
Or one ounce of chicken.
Or one large egg.
Or one ounce of cheese.
Or two ounces of tofu.
Sounds pretty significant to me, regardless of “official” definitions.
That protein is low in several essential amino acids, notably tryptophan and methionine and hence the FDA doesn’t consider it a significant source of protein.
I love the marketing behind stating that fried pork rinds have 0 carbs, 0 something else.
Then the nutritional info shows a serving to be 14g, which must be like 3 chips, and you see that it has 10% of the saturated fat and a ton of salt on them. I mean you know they are not healthy, why look at them for nutritional content at all?
It’s fat not protein
Because the given protein is mostly collagen, which is composed of mainly just 4-5 aminoacids, and as such, lacks quite a bit of quality when compared to other sources of protein.