Macaroni and cheese, box mix with cheese sauce, frozen

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169769 (Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes)

Protein /100 g12.7 g
Amino acid score74%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.866.7
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.473.7
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.544.2
Lysine Essential0.423.3
Threonine Essential0.403.1
Phenylalanine Essential0.524.1
Methionine Essential0.161.3
Histidine Essential0.252.0
Tryptophan Essential0.151.2
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.1925.1
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.594.7
Proline Non-essential1.179.2
Alanine Non-essential0.352.8
Serine Non-essential0.524.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.292.3
Arginine Non-essential0.382.9
Cysteine Non-essential0.171.3
Glycine Non-essential0.312.4
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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 169769 (Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes). Educational reference, not medical advice.