Chicken, leg, meat and skin, roasted

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 173617 (Poultry Products)

Protein /100 g24.0 g
Amino acid score124%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)2.008.3
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)1.154.8
Valine Essential (BCAA)1.174.9
Lysine Essential2.219.2
Threonine Essential1.114.6
Phenylalanine Essential0.954.0
Methionine Essential0.682.8
Histidine Essential0.713.0
Tryptophan Essential0.271.1
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.8716.1
Aspartic acid Non-essential2.339.7
Proline Non-essential1.014.2
Alanine Non-essential1.446.0
Serine Non-essential0.984.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.883.7
Arginine Non-essential1.666.9
Cysteine Non-essential0.291.2
Glycine Non-essential1.205.0
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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 173617 (Poultry Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.