Our bodies have an amino acid pool that can store amino acids until the next meal if other essential amino acids are still missing as building blocks. (westonaprice.org)
As you can see above, pea protein is about 9 % leucine by weight, which is fantastic for muscle building purposes (whey, for example, is 10 to 11 % leucine by weight), and contains significant amounts of most other essential amino acids as well. (legionathletics.com)
Scores of other essential amino acids of the food also have to be 100 or higher for its protein to be considered complete. (dietgrail.com)