So pea protein powder in the store costs up to 30 euro’s here for 1kg of powder.
1 kg of dried peas costs 4 euro’s. I thought about grinding them into a powder to have some protein to add to my diet. But I’ve never done this before so I don’t know how well it works. Anyone here with experience?
pea protein powder requires isolating the protein from the rest of the pea. otherwise it’s just powdered peas. I don’t know how this is done. but it’s not bad to add some regular old peas to your diet, they have less protein per weight than e.g. chickpeas though.
I think my main question is: can I do this safely? Google isn’t helping me and neither are the tutorials.
I’m seeing some recipes if I Google “diy pea protein powder” but since I haven’t tried any I can’t vouch for them.
Do they need to be cooked or processed before eating?
Some beans, such as kidney beans ere highly toxic to eat raw. Others may just upset your stomach
I think just grinding the raw peas into a powder may prove rather difficult, and strain your blender/grinder or just fuck up the blades
Peas contain a lot of other components too, notably carbs and fibre. The fibre might make your shits very loose
You could probably research on extraction procedures using normal Google, Google scholar, or Google patents. Maybe some of them will be replicable at home
How about just stew them, or make mushy peas, or peas pudding? It’ll probably taste better
You can get soy protein online pretty cheap. And of course pea protein
I think the use of pea protein is becoming more common in the food industry, so you could try food manufacturing supplies, domestic or abroad, if you don’t mind buying in bulk
I know some extraction techniques used commercially leave a lot of sodium in the final product, so this is something to consider
Thanks for the replies all. It seems a bit more complicated than I thought lol.
I’ll look further into it to see what’s possible, out of interest.
