You're right @rusty.saw, 'don't have a full range' was an absolute, and there are absolutely no absolutes. What I should have said was that not all plant based foods have adequate levels of all of the essential amino acids. For example some will be low in Leucine, some low in Lysine, some Valine, etc.
That doesn't mean that they don't have those essential amino acids, but that it would be good to include a wide variety of different plant based protein sources to ensure that we get adequate levels of these aminos.
120g of steak, around 320 calories, contains nearly your entire RDA (recommended Daily Allowances) of essential amino acids. Eating 320 calories of broccoli doesn't get you close to quite a few of your amino acid RDAs but would require you to eat over a kilo of broccoli.
If a food's nutrients aren't absorbed, its nutrition doesn't count, regardless of what nutrition can be measured in it by a machine.
Some great points @rusty.saw, love the discussion!
For sure any vegan will have to do a lot more planning and will most likely need to use supplements. No arguments there.
Vegetarians luckily have eggs and dairy which are both pretty decent if tolerated
Yes I hate the propaganda which will show how kale has protein.. LMAO eat 500KCAL of kale I dare you ;)