Pork, pickled pork hocks

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169157 (Pork Products)

Protein /100 g19.1 g
Amino acid score33%
Limiting amino acidtryptophan
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.844.4
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.331.7
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.482.5
Lysine Essential0.824.3
Threonine Essential0.522.7
Phenylalanine Essential0.552.9
Methionine Essential0.211.1
Histidine Essential0.211.1
Tryptophan Essential0.040.2
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.1011.0
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.387.2
Proline Non-essential2.0010.5
Alanine Non-essential1.578.2
Serine Non-essential0.774.0
Tyrosine Non-essential0.301.6
Arginine Non-essential1.437.5
Cysteine Non-essential0.170.9
Glycine Non-essential3.3417.5
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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 169157 (Pork Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.