Pork, cured, shoulder, arm picnic, lean and fat, roasted

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 167879 (Pork Products)

Protein /100 g20.4 g
Amino acid score112%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.607.8
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.864.2
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.894.4
Lysine Essential1.738.5
Threonine Essential0.894.3
Phenylalanine Essential0.874.3
Methionine Essential0.522.5
Histidine Essential0.683.3
Tryptophan Essential0.231.1
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.0014.7
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.758.5
Proline Non-essential0.793.9
Alanine Non-essential1.095.3
Serine Non-essential0.763.7
Tyrosine Non-essential0.643.1
Arginine Non-essential1.406.9
Cysteine Non-essential0.291.4
Glycine Non-essential0.964.7
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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 167879 (Pork Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.