Hominy, canned, yellow

canned · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169752 (Cereal Grains and Pasta)

Protein /100 g1.5 g
Amino acid score50%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.2013.6
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.063.9
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.085.2
Lysine Essential0.032.2
Threonine Essential0.053.4
Phenylalanine Essential0.085.1
Methionine Essential0.032.1
Histidine Essential0.043.0
Tryptophan Essential0.010.5
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.3020.2
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.127.8
Proline Non-essential0.149.3
Alanine Non-essential0.117.2
Serine Non-essential0.074.4
Tyrosine Non-essential0.063.8
Arginine Non-essential0.074.6
Cysteine Non-essential0.032.2
Glycine Non-essential0.053.5
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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 169752 (Cereal Grains and Pasta). Educational reference, not medical advice.