Barley flour or meal

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169739 (Cereal Grains and Pasta)

Protein /100 g10.5 g
Amino acid score83%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.716.8
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.383.6
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.524.9
Lysine Essential0.393.7
Threonine Essential0.363.4
Phenylalanine Essential0.595.6
Methionine Essential0.201.9
Histidine Essential0.242.2
Tryptophan Essential0.171.7
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.7426.1
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.666.2
Proline Non-essential1.2511.9
Alanine Non-essential0.413.9
Serine Non-essential0.444.2
Tyrosine Non-essential0.302.9
Arginine Non-essential0.535.0
Cysteine Non-essential0.232.2
Glycine Non-essential0.383.6
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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 169739 (Cereal Grains and Pasta). Educational reference, not medical advice.