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This protein doesn't come from the green peas that most of us are used to, they come from the yellow split pea variety. It's a while since I ate them as-is, but
by lemming 7y ago
This protein doesn't come from the green peas that most of us are used to, they come from the yellow split pea variety. It's a while since I ate them as-is, but I recall them tasting more like lentils than green peas.
- fsloth 7y agoI thought yellow split peas are just dried peas? Wikipedia seems to think so too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_pea https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_pea
- lemming 7y agoThey're dried, but I thought they were also usually field peas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea#Field_peas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea#Field_peas). However it looks like they're actually yellow peas, which are still not the green ones that most people are used to. I don't know how different they are when they're fresh though, I've never seen fresh yellow peas or dried green ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_protein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_protein
- Sharlin 7y agoStill, green peas are similarly rich in protein.
- lemming 7y agoInteresting, I just typed "green peas" into Google, and what it shows me in the sidebar shows 5g of protein per 100g, which isn't very high at all. But split peas seem to have only 8.3g per 100g which isn't much higher - I guess a lot of the pea is removed in making the protein from them.