Chicken, dark meat, drumstick, meat and skin, with added solution, braised

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 174504 (Poultry Products)

Protein /100 g21.6 g
Amino acid score122%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.798.3
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)1.004.6
Valine Essential (BCAA)1.034.8
Lysine Essential1.979.1
Threonine Essential0.994.6
Phenylalanine Essential0.843.9
Methionine Essential0.602.8
Histidine Essential0.632.9
Tryptophan Essential0.231.1
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.4616.0
Aspartic acid Non-essential2.089.7
Proline Non-essential0.934.3
Alanine Non-essential1.306.1
Serine Non-essential0.894.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.793.7
Arginine Non-essential1.517.0
Cysteine Non-essential0.251.1
Glycine Non-essential1.135.2
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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 174504 (Poultry Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.