Nutrition for Soy Protein Powder

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More


Soy Protein Powder Nutrition Summary

One scoop of soy protein powder (30 grams or 1.06 oz) contains 116 calories and 16.7 grams of protein. Soy protein powder consist of 4% water, 29% carbohydrates, 56% protein, and 6% fat.

Soy protein powder is an excellent source of many nutrients, including dietary fiber, protein, calcium, iron, potassium and folate. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper and choline.

In one scoop of soy protein powder:

  • Calories: 116
  • Protein: 16.7 g
  • Sugar: 6.7 g
  • Dietary fiber: 2 g
  • Fat: 1.7 g, (Saturated: 0.3 g)
  • Sodium: 219.9 mg
There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in soy protein powder.

See the Soy Protein Powder Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Protein powder, soy based, NFS.

Calories in Soy Protein Powder

Soy protein powder has 116 calories per scoop or 387 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from protein, carbohydrates and fat.

57% of calories in soy protein powder are from protein, 30% of calories are from carbohydrates and 13% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

A good portion, or 30% of the calories in soy protein powder are from carbohydrates. The carbs in soy protein powder are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (23% and 77%). An excellent high-fiber food, a single scoop of soy protein powder contains 8% of recommended daily values or 2 grams of dietary fiber.

  • Dietary fiber: 2 g
  • Sugar: 6.7 g
There is no significant amounts of starch in soy protein powder.

Calories from Fat

About 13% the calories in Soy Protein Powder are from fat. Soy protein powder has a moderate amount of total fat, with 1.7 grams or 3% of recommended daily values per scoop. Most of the fat in soy protein powder are healthier unsaturated fats.

Soy protein powder is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.

  • Total fat: 1.7 g
  • Saturated fat: 0.3 g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 0.3 g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 0.8 g
There is no significant amounts of cholesterol or trans fat in soy protein powder.

Omega-6 in Soy Protein Powder

A good source of omega-6 fatty acids, every scoop of soy protein powder contains a total of 0.7 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in soy protein powder comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid. [2]

  • linoleic acid: 0.71 g

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Protein in Soy Protein Powder

An excellent source of protein, a single scoop of Soy Protein Powder contains 33% of recommended daily values or 16.7 grams of protein.

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Vitamins and Minerals in Soy Protein Powder

An good source of many nutrients, soy protein powder contains abundant amounts of calcium, iron, potassium and folate. In fact, a single scoop of soy protein powder contains 22% of recommended daily values or 86.7 ug of folate. Also an excellent source of iron, a single scoop of soy protein powder contains 20% of recommended daily values or 3.6 milligrams of iron.

Vitamins in soy protein powder (1 scoop):
  • Thiamin: 0.1 mg
  • Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
  • Niacin: 0.7 mg
  • Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
  • Folate: 86.7 ug
Minerals in soy protein powder (1 scoop):
  • Calcium: 53.4 mg
  • Potassium: 279.9 mg
  • Iron: 3.6 mg
  • Magnesium: 19.2 mg
  • Zinc: 2 mg
  • Selenium: 0.4 ug
  • Phosphorus: 381.6 mg
  • Copper: 0.8 mg
  • Choline: 93.9 mg
There is no significant amounts of manganese, vitamin a, pantothenic acid, vitamin c, vitamin e, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in soy protein powder.

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Soy Protein Powder Nutrition Chart

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.

Soy Protein Powder in Cooking

Most recipes call for one or two scoops of soy protein powder.


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