So, for those who may care, ill give a brief recap of my protein intake today:
-eggs x14 = 84
-whey powder (1.5 scoops) = 36
-whole milk (3 cups) = 24
-cheader cheese (1/2 cup) = 14
-cliff bar (protein from soy?) = 10
And I'm sure the veggies and grains had some too, but this is the jist of it.
Now, I'm not sure what all the absorbing rate of all of these are, and if any of you have a good article on it, a link would be awesome.
All in all, probably not as much as I may want, but by far more than my body is used too.
TreyThe 1g per pound of bodyweight is a good estimate coming from a few studies (I can find back the links to the original studies if you are interested in reading them), but it's still an estimate so you don't have to worry too much about that compared to absorption, that's almost factored in since it's a practical study and they had the same problem of measuring how much protein people ate and not how much they absorbed.
But in general most things you mentioned are extremely high absorption and biological value (the quality of protein in terms of correct proportion of aminoacids to rebuild them into human proteins and muscles) and other various measures corrected for absorption and other factors like the protein digestibility corrected AA score.
Whey is basically the best in those terms, about 100% or anyways at the top of the scale for everything. Then things like soy protein isolate (another great protein usually supplemented with a balancing AA), and things like egg whites, casein, milk, and then things like beef more around 80% (or 0.9 pdcaa score) etc.
Cheddar cheese should be similar to casein for the most part I think, and the only thing you mentioned that probably has a somewhat low score might be the cliff bar just because I don't know how much of that protein is from the soy protein isolate (good) and how much is from the random other grains etc that are in it (probably more along 50% BV or 0.5 pdcaas).
But also remember it's not just about absorption and protein quality but also about alternating well between slow-release proteins like casein (cheese, good for overnight), fast release proteins like whey (shakes, good for before and right after a workout), and other mixed ones (like milk).
So anyways, generally you are doing good but keep your choices open for when you get tired of one thing or another so you can vary things a bit more, and if you are in doubt just go with say 10 or so more grams over especially if you are getting good amount of muscle soreness from previous workouts.
Alec, soy protein isolate is great, pretty much as good as whey, but whole soy or things like tofu are not quite as good and might have a few other things you don't want in them, so generally the soy protein isolates are better/best.
Also, in fairness, it is true that beef (or meat/fish in general) is only ~80% BV or 0.9 pvcaa, but it has many other advantages (unfortunately for me since I can't have it hehe), like being naturally full of creatine and being a very practical and easy way to consume proteins.
The 10-20% of protein you waste from it is not the end of the world especially to someone that likes the taste enough to easily eat much more of it

. But yeah if you are like me and don't want to hurt things, that's sort of a comforting plus to know there are better things in terms of protein value/quality.
Also in terms of cost, protein from beef is very bad (costly) compared to soy protein isolate, whey, etc.