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

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 172860 (Poultry Products)

Protein /100 g18.0 g
Amino acid score112%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.377.6
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.764.2
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.794.4
Lysine Essential1.518.4
Threonine Essential0.764.2
Phenylalanine Essential0.653.6
Methionine Essential0.462.5
Histidine Essential0.482.7
Tryptophan Essential0.181.0
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.6514.7
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.598.8
Proline Non-essential0.734.0
Alanine Non-essential1.015.6
Serine Non-essential0.693.8
Tyrosine Non-essential0.603.3
Arginine Non-essential1.166.4
Cysteine Non-essential0.191.0
Glycine Non-essential0.895.0
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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 172860 (Poultry Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.