Lettuce, green leaf, raw

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169249 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products)

Protein /100 g1.4 g
Amino acid score98%
Limiting amino acidleucine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.085.8
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.086.2
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.075.1
Lysine Essential0.086.2
Threonine Essential0.064.3
Phenylalanine Essential0.064.0
Methionine Essential0.021.2
Histidine Essential0.021.6
Tryptophan Essential0.010.7
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.1813.4
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.1410.4
Proline Non-essential0.053.5
Alanine Non-essential0.064.1
Serine Non-essential0.042.9
Tyrosine Non-essential0.032.4
Arginine Non-essential0.075.2
Cysteine Non-essential0.021.2
Glycine Non-essential0.064.2
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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 169249 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.