Quinoa, cooked (USDA)

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 168917 (Cereal Grains and Pasta)

Protein /100 g4.4 g
Amino acid score101%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.265.9
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.163.6
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.184.2
Lysine Essential0.245.4
Threonine Essential0.133.0
Phenylalanine Essential0.184.2
Methionine Essential0.102.2
Histidine Essential0.132.9
Tryptophan Essential0.051.2
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.5813.2
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.358.0
Proline Non-essential0.245.5
Alanine Non-essential0.184.2
Serine Non-essential0.184.0
Tyrosine Non-essential0.081.9
Arginine Non-essential0.347.7
Cysteine Non-essential0.061.4
Glycine Non-essential0.224.9
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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 168917 (Cereal Grains and Pasta). Educational reference, not medical advice.