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> Wheat gluten (seitan) is protein isolated from wheat flour by rinsing it with water.

which has cost which we discussed already.

Also gluten protein is far less digestible than animal protein, Table 1 in this publication says it is less digestible by factor 4: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723444/#:~:tex....

> even beef

beef is by no mean the best way to grow animal protein. Turkeys and chicken will be much more cost efficient.

> Remember, it takes 25 calories of cow food (like wheat or soy) to grow one calorie of meat.

I answered you already that calories intake is by no mean the important metric of nutrition value, and not interested to jump into this discussion again.



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