Buckwheat groats, roasted, dry

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 170685 (Cereal Grains and Pasta)

Protein /100 g11.7 g
Amino acid score106%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.746.3
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.443.8
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.605.1
Lysine Essential0.595.1
Threonine Essential0.453.8
Phenylalanine Essential0.463.9
Methionine Essential0.151.3
Histidine Essential0.272.3
Tryptophan Essential0.171.4
Glutamic acid Non-essential1.8115.4
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.008.6
Proline Non-essential0.453.8
Alanine Non-essential0.665.6
Serine Non-essential0.615.2
Tyrosine Non-essential0.211.8
Arginine Non-essential0.877.4
Cysteine Non-essential0.201.7
Glycine Non-essential0.917.8
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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 170685 (Cereal Grains and Pasta). Educational reference, not medical advice.