Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, grilled

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 172115 (Beef Products)

Protein /100 g25.4 g
Amino acid score128%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)2.198.6
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)1.184.7
Valine Essential (BCAA)1.275.0
Lysine Essential2.439.6
Threonine Essential1.204.7
Phenylalanine Essential1.024.0
Methionine Essential0.692.7
Histidine Essential0.953.7
Tryptophan Essential0.281.1
Glutamic acid Non-essential4.1516.3
Aspartic acid Non-essential2.479.7
Proline Non-essential1.144.5
Alanine Non-essential1.576.2
Serine Non-essential1.054.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.953.7
Arginine Non-essential1.736.8
Cysteine Non-essential0.261.0
Glycine Non-essential1.254.9
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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 172115 (Beef Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.