Sausage, beef, fresh, cooked: amino acid profile

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 174618 (Sausages and Luncheon Meats)

Protein /100 g18.2 g
Energy /100 g332 kcal
Carbs /100 g0.3 g
Fat /100 g28.0 g
Amino acid score108%
Limiting amino acidnone (complete)

How much protein and leucine does it contain?

Per 100 g, Sausage, beef, fresh, cooked provides 18.2 g protein and 1.49 g leucine. Use the listed preparation when comparing portions.

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Full amino acid table

The first column of amounts is per 100 g of food; the second compares the composition of the protein itself.

Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.498.2
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.864.7
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.995.4
Lysine Essential1.618.8
Threonine Essential0.814.4
Phenylalanine Essential0.754.1
Methionine Essential0.412.2
Histidine Essential0.653.6
Tryptophan Essential0.120.6
Glutamic acid Non-essential2.9916.4
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.779.7
Proline Non-essential0.925.1
Alanine Non-essential1.266.9
Serine Non-essential0.774.2
Tyrosine Non-essential0.583.2
Arginine Non-essential1.216.6
Cysteine Non-essential0.211.1
Glycine Non-essential1.287.0

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Logan KingDr Paul T Morgan By and , Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition and Metabolism, Manchester Metropolitan University.

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 174618 (Sausages and Luncheon Meats). Educational reference, not medical advice.

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