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

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 168716 (Beef Products)

Protein /100 g24.9 g
Amino acid score128%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)2.128.5
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)1.164.6
Valine Essential (BCAA)1.245.0
Lysine Essential2.359.5
Threonine Essential1.174.7
Phenylalanine Essential0.994.0
Methionine Essential0.672.7
Histidine Essential0.923.7
Tryptophan Essential0.281.1
Glutamic acid Non-essential4.0416.3
Aspartic acid Non-essential2.409.7
Proline Non-essential1.114.5
Alanine Non-essential1.546.2
Serine Non-essential1.014.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.923.7
Arginine Non-essential1.686.8
Cysteine Non-essential0.251.0
Glycine Non-essential1.234.9
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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 168716 (Beef Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.