Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, grilled

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 168641 (Beef Products)

Protein /100 g28.9 g
Amino acid score140%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)2.809.7
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)1.505.2
Valine Essential (BCAA)1.585.5
Lysine Essential3.1410.9
Threonine Essential1.515.2
Phenylalanine Essential1.284.4
Methionine Essential0.863.0
Histidine Essential1.234.2
Tryptophan Essential0.351.2
Glutamic acid Non-essential5.2718.2
Aspartic acid Non-essential3.1410.9
Proline Non-essential1.384.8
Alanine Non-essential1.926.7
Serine Non-essential1.324.6
Tyrosine Non-essential1.214.2
Arginine Non-essential2.187.5
Cysteine Non-essential0.331.1
Glycine Non-essential1.394.8
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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 168641 (Beef Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.