Chicken, leg, meat and skin, raw

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 172378 (Poultry Products)

Protein /100 g16.4 g
Amino acid score120%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.318.0
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.744.5
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.774.7
Lysine Essential1.448.8
Threonine Essential0.734.5
Phenylalanine Essential0.633.9
Methionine Essential0.442.7
Histidine Essential0.472.8
Tryptophan Essential0.171.0
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.5515.6
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.549.4
Proline Non-essential0.764.6
Alanine Non-essential1.006.1
Serine Non-essential0.664.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.573.5
Arginine Non-essential1.146.9
Cysteine Non-essential0.191.2
Glycine Non-essential0.986.0
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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 172378 (Poultry Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.