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Quick Answer. Protein digestion doesn't happen all at once, and it can take up to 90 minutes to be fully absorbed by the small intestine. The body can start to digest protein within 15 to 30 minutes. Continue Reading.
If you ate 100g of protein (whey), then it would just take longer to digest, say 6 hours. As a side note, everyone thinks that whey is a fast protein, and it definitely is, but they underestimate how long it will actually take to digest.