Chicken, skin (drumsticks and thighs), roasted

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 174496 (Poultry Products)

Protein /100 g16.6 g
Amino acid score82%
Limiting amino acidtryptophan
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.915.5
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.472.8
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.593.6
Lysine Essential0.955.7
Threonine Essential0.533.2
Phenylalanine Essential0.503.0
Methionine Essential0.281.7
Histidine Essential0.342.1
Tryptophan Essential0.080.5
Glutamic acid Non-essential1.9611.9
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.247.5
Proline Non-essential1.267.6
Alanine Non-essential1.146.9
Serine Non-essential0.603.6
Tyrosine Non-essential0.392.4
Arginine Non-essential1.187.1
Cysteine Non-essential0.140.8
Glycine Non-essential2.1312.9
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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 174496 (Poultry Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.