Couscous, cooked

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169700 (Cereal Grains and Pasta)

Protein /100 g3.8 g
Amino acid score43%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.266.8
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.153.9
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.164.3
Lysine Essential0.071.9
Threonine Essential0.102.6
Phenylalanine Essential0.184.9
Methionine Essential0.061.6
Histidine Essential0.082.0
Tryptophan Essential0.051.3
Glutamic acid Non-essential1.3736.1
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.154.1
Proline Non-essential0.4211.0
Alanine Non-essential0.112.9
Serine Non-essential0.184.7
Tyrosine Non-essential0.102.6
Arginine Non-essential0.143.7
Cysteine Non-essential0.112.8
Glycine Non-essential0.123.2
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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 169700 (Cereal Grains and Pasta). Educational reference, not medical advice.