Sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type)

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 170189 (Nut and Seed Products)

Protein /100 g17.0 g
Amino acid score71%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.307.7
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.734.3
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.955.6
Lysine Essential0.553.2
Threonine Essential0.714.2
Phenylalanine Essential0.905.3
Methionine Essential0.563.3
Histidine Essential0.502.9
Tryptophan Essential0.372.2
Glutamic acid Non-essential3.7922.3
Aspartic acid Non-essential1.589.3
Proline Non-essential0.784.6
Alanine Non-essential0.895.2
Serine Non-essential0.935.5
Tyrosine Non-essential0.714.2
Arginine Non-essential2.5214.8
Cysteine Non-essential0.342.0
Glycine Non-essential1.176.9
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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 170189 (Nut and Seed Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.