brooklyn1 > wrote:

>"Jinx Minx" > wrote in message

>> Buckwheat is a good non-animal source of complete protein, as well as
>> quinoa and spirulina.

>They're not complete proteins, they're close but not quite, they're missing
>a couple of essential amino acids. No vegetables contain complete protein.
>For a complete protein one must eat animal protein.

As these things are usually defined, quinoa is complete protein.
I do not think buckwheat is, and do not know about spirulina.

Steve