Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, raw

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 173756 (Legumes and Legume Products)

Protein /100 g20.5 g
Amino acid score108%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.477.2
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.884.3
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.864.2
Lysine Essential1.386.7
Threonine Essential0.773.7
Phenylalanine Essential1.105.4
Methionine Essential0.271.3
Histidine Essential0.572.8
Tryptophan Essential0.201.0
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.6017.6
Aspartic acid Non-essential2.4211.8
Proline Non-essential0.854.1
Alanine Non-essential0.884.3
Serine Non-essential1.045.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.512.5
Arginine Non-essential1.949.5
Cysteine Non-essential0.281.4
Glycine Non-essential0.864.2
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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 173756 (Legumes and Legume Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.