Chicken, dark meat, thigh, meat only, raw

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 173627 (Poultry Products)

Protein /100 g19.7 g
Amino acid score125%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.688.5
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.944.8
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.964.9
Lysine Essential1.859.4
Threonine Essential0.934.7
Phenylalanine Essential0.794.0
Methionine Essential0.562.9
Histidine Essential0.593.0
Tryptophan Essential0.221.1
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.2216.4
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.939.8
Proline Non-essential0.794.0
Alanine Non-essential1.186.0
Serine Non-essential0.824.2
Tyrosine Non-essential0.743.8
Arginine Non-essential1.377.0
Cysteine Non-essential0.231.2
Glycine Non-essential0.904.6
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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 173627 (Poultry Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.