Beets, raw

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169145 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products)

Protein /100 g1.6 g
Amino acid score72%
Limiting amino acidleucine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.074.2
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.053.0
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.063.5
Lysine Essential0.063.6
Threonine Essential0.052.9
Phenylalanine Essential0.052.9
Methionine Essential0.021.1
Histidine Essential0.021.3
Tryptophan Essential0.021.2
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.4326.6
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.127.2
Proline Non-essential0.042.6
Alanine Non-essential0.063.7
Serine Non-essential0.063.7
Tyrosine Non-essential0.042.4
Arginine Non-essential0.042.6
Cysteine Non-essential0.021.2
Glycine Non-essential0.031.9
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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 169145 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.