Corn grits, yellow, regular, quick, enriched, cooked with water

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 171673 (Breakfast Cereals)

Protein /100 g1.2 g
Amino acid score72%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.1714.2
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.054.1
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.075.9
Lysine Essential0.043.3
Threonine Essential0.054.4
Phenylalanine Essential0.075.7
Methionine Essential0.032.4
Histidine Essential0.043.6
Tryptophan Essential0.010.8
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.2721.8
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.108.0
Proline Non-essential0.1310.2
Alanine Non-essential0.118.7
Serine Non-essential0.075.5
Tyrosine Non-essential0.064.7
Arginine Non-essential0.075.8
Cysteine Non-essential0.032.1
Glycine Non-essential0.064.8
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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 171673 (Breakfast Cereals). Educational reference, not medical advice.