Cake, yellow, commercially prepared, with vanilla frosting

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 174945 (Baked Products)

Protein /100 g3.0 g
Amino acid score161%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.299.7
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.185.9
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.206.7
Lysine Essential0.227.2
Threonine Essential0.144.7
Phenylalanine Essential0.175.8
Methionine Essential0.092.9
Histidine Essential0.082.7
Tryptophan Essential0.051.5
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.7525.1
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.268.8
Proline Non-essential0.279.1
Alanine Non-essential0.154.9
Serine Non-essential0.227.2
Tyrosine Non-essential0.144.5
Arginine Non-essential0.165.5
Cysteine Non-essential0.072.2
Glycine Non-essential0.113.5
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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 174945 (Baked Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.