Pork, variety meats and by-products, tongue, raw

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 168275 (Pork Products)

Protein /100 g16.3 g
Amino acid score133%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.318.0
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.744.6
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.855.2
Lysine Essential1.338.2
Threonine Essential0.694.2
Phenylalanine Essential0.684.1
Methionine Essential0.362.2
Histidine Essential0.412.5
Tryptophan Essential0.191.2
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.0512.6
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.519.3
Proline Non-essential0.865.3
Alanine Non-essential0.865.3
Serine Non-essential0.684.2
Tyrosine Non-essential0.503.0
Arginine Non-essential1.016.2
Cysteine Non-essential0.231.4
Glycine Non-essential1.217.4
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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 168275 (Pork Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.