Pork, cured, ham with natural juices, shank, bone-in, lean and fat, unheated

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 168343 (Pork Products)

Protein /100 g22.4 g
Amino acid score129%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.788.0
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)1.004.5
Valine Essential (BCAA)1.135.0
Lysine Essential1.878.4
Threonine Essential0.994.4
Phenylalanine Essential0.894.0
Methionine Essential0.532.4
Histidine Essential0.974.4
Tryptophan Essential0.210.9
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.1914.3
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.958.7
Proline Non-essential0.974.3
Alanine Non-essential1.325.9
Serine Non-essential0.873.9
Tyrosine Non-essential0.723.2
Arginine Non-essential1.436.4
Cysteine Non-essential0.251.1
Glycine Non-essential1.205.4
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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 168343 (Pork Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.