It is still a ridiculous amount of calories though even without sugar. 180 calories for 8 grams of protein is barely making a scratch in the amount you need for a high protein diet. It has 6x the calories per gram of protein as chicken breast.
If you ate nothing but peanut butter, you'd need about 12.5 servings or 2250 calories of just peanut butter to reach 100 grams of protein. That doesn't mean you should start eating meat of course, but I honestly don't have a good solution to getting body builder levels of protein as a vegan.
My bf is able to get there on a largely vegan diet, it's possible but again the food is pretty bland tasting. Seitan is the big deal there. He still eats meat though, says the flavors are too depressing for cheap without meat. Need to pay for a lot of spices to make it not depressing, then the cost is more than a basic meat meal. But I do think flavor science is improving vegan weightlifting options at a fast pace
It is still a ridiculous amount of calories though even without sugar. 180 calories for 8 grams of protein is barely making a scratch in the amount you need for a high protein diet. It has 6x the calories per gram of protein as chicken breast.
If you ate nothing but peanut butter, you'd need about 12.5 servings or 2250 calories of just peanut butter to reach 100 grams of protein. That doesn't mean you should start eating meat of course, but I honestly don't have a good solution to getting body builder levels of protein as a vegan.
I had pretty good success with lots of PB, pea protein, and some spinach
My bf is able to get there on a largely vegan diet, it's possible but again the food is pretty bland tasting. Seitan is the big deal there. He still eats meat though, says the flavors are too depressing for cheap without meat. Need to pay for a lot of spices to make it not depressing, then the cost is more than a basic meat meal. But I do think flavor science is improving vegan weightlifting options at a fast pace
Bf is competition level amount of muscle