Amaranth leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169202 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products)

Protein /100 g2.1 g
Amino acid score115%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.177.9
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.104.8
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.125.6
Lysine Essential0.115.2
Threonine Essential0.094.0
Phenylalanine Essential0.115.4
Methionine Essential0.031.5
Histidine Essential0.042.1
Tryptophan Essential0.031.3
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.2511.8
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.209.3
Proline Non-essential0.104.9
Alanine Non-essential0.125.6
Serine Non-essential0.104.5
Tyrosine Non-essential0.073.2
Arginine Non-essential0.104.9
Cysteine Non-essential0.031.2
Glycine Non-essential0.115.4
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Amino acid score compares this food's scarcest essential amino acid with the WHO/FAO/UNU 2007 adult pattern; 100%+ means every essential amino acid is carried in good proportion. Data: USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169202 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.