Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 173753 (Legumes and Legume Products)

Protein /100 g7.6 g
Amino acid score95%
Limiting amino acidmethionine + cysteine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.577.5
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.314.0
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.344.4
Lysine Essential0.496.4
Threonine Essential0.273.6
Phenylalanine Essential0.324.2
Methionine Essential0.060.8
Histidine Essential0.192.5
Tryptophan Essential0.070.9
Glutamic acid Non-essential1.2917.0
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.8511.2
Proline Non-essential0.324.2
Alanine Non-essential0.314.1
Serine Non-essential0.354.6
Tyrosine Non-essential0.243.2
Arginine Non-essential0.709.2
Cysteine Non-essential0.101.3
Glycine Non-essential0.324.2
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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 173753 (Legumes and Legume Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.