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

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 173350 (Beef Products)

Protein /100 g20.5 g
Amino acid score128%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.778.6
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.954.7
Valine Essential (BCAA)1.025.0
Lysine Essential1.969.6
Threonine Essential0.974.7
Phenylalanine Essential0.824.0
Methionine Essential0.552.7
Histidine Essential0.773.7
Tryptophan Essential0.231.1
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.3516.3
Aspartic acid Non-essential2.009.7
Proline Non-essential0.924.5
Alanine Non-essential1.276.2
Serine Non-essential0.844.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.763.7
Arginine Non-essential1.406.8
Cysteine Non-essential0.211.0
Glycine Non-essential1.014.9
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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 173350 (Beef Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.