Pork, cured, ham with natural juices, whole, boneless, lean and fat, unheated

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169159 (Pork Products)

Protein /100 g19.4 g
Amino acid score130%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.558.0
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.884.5
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.985.1
Lysine Essential1.648.4
Threonine Essential0.874.5
Phenylalanine Essential0.784.0
Methionine Essential0.462.4
Histidine Essential0.844.4
Tryptophan Essential0.180.9
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.7714.3
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.698.7
Proline Non-essential0.834.3
Alanine Non-essential1.145.9
Serine Non-essential0.763.9
Tyrosine Non-essential0.633.2
Arginine Non-essential1.246.4
Cysteine Non-essential0.221.1
Glycine Non-essential1.015.2
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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 169159 (Pork Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.