Cottage cheese, low-fat (2%)

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC 172182 (Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat)

Protein /100 g10.5 g
Amino acid score137%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.0510.0
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.565.3
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.706.7
Lysine Essential0.888.4
Threonine Essential0.474.5
Phenylalanine Essential0.545.2
Methionine Essential0.252.4
Histidine Essential0.312.9
Tryptophan Essential0.141.3
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.4523.4
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.969.2
Proline Non-essential1.1611.1
Alanine Non-essential0.413.9
Serine Non-essential0.605.8
Tyrosine Non-essential0.575.4
Arginine Non-essential0.474.5
Cysteine Non-essential0.060.6
Glycine Non-essential0.212.0
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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 172182 (Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat). Educational reference, not medical advice.