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

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 172862 (Poultry Products)

Protein /100 g20.7 g
Amino acid score120%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.688.1
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.944.5
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.974.7
Lysine Essential1.859.0
Threonine Essential0.944.5
Phenylalanine Essential0.803.9
Methionine Essential0.562.7
Histidine Essential0.592.9
Tryptophan Essential0.221.0
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.2715.8
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.979.5
Proline Non-essential0.934.5
Alanine Non-essential1.266.1
Serine Non-essential0.854.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.743.6
Arginine Non-essential1.457.0
Cysteine Non-essential0.231.1
Glycine Non-essential1.175.6
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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 172862 (Poultry Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.