Proteins lacking one or more essential amino acid.
Dietary protein that contains fewer than the optimal number or amounts of the essential amino acids.
An incomplete protein does not provide all of the essential amino acids in adequate proportions to meet demands for normal growth and development. Historically, plant proteins (except for soy proteins) and the animal protein gelatin have been classified as incomplete.
A protein lacking one or more of the essential amino acids.
Proteins that are missing one or more of the essential amino acids.
Proteins deficient in the requisite quantities of essential amino acids.