Chia seeds, dried

dry · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 170554 (Nut and Seed Products)

Protein /100 g16.5 g
Amino acid score130%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.378.3
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.804.8
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.955.7
Lysine Essential0.975.9
Threonine Essential0.714.3
Phenylalanine Essential1.026.1
Methionine Essential0.593.6
Histidine Essential0.533.2
Tryptophan Essential0.442.6
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.5021.2
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.6910.2
Proline Non-essential0.784.7
Alanine Non-essential1.046.3
Serine Non-essential1.056.3
Tyrosine Non-essential0.563.4
Arginine Non-essential2.1413.0
Cysteine Non-essential0.412.5
Glycine Non-essential0.945.7
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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 170554 (Nut and Seed Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.