Corn grits, white, regular and quick, enriched, dry

dry · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 171654 (Breakfast Cereals)

Protein /100 g7.7 g
Amino acid score45%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.1515.1
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.293.8
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.385.0
Lysine Essential0.162.0
Threonine Essential0.283.6
Phenylalanine Essential0.445.8
Methionine Essential0.182.4
Histidine Essential0.233.1
Tryptophan Essential0.060.7
Glutamic acid Non-essential1.7222.4
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.516.6
Proline Non-essential0.8811.5
Alanine Non-essential0.678.8
Serine Non-essential0.384.9
Tyrosine Non-essential0.172.3
Arginine Non-essential0.283.7
Cysteine Non-essential0.172.2
Glycine Non-essential0.263.4
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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 171654 (Breakfast Cereals). Educational reference, not medical advice.