Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 170124 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products)

Protein /100 g4.0 g
Amino acid score81%
Limiting amino acidhistidine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.205.1
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.133.2
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.184.5
Lysine Essential0.266.4
Threonine Essential0.225.5
Phenylalanine Essential0.215.3
Methionine Essential0.051.3
Histidine Essential0.051.2
Tryptophan Essential0.102.5
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.5212.9
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.4410.9
Proline Non-essential0.205.0
Alanine Non-essential0.225.5
Serine Non-essential0.174.3
Tyrosine Non-essential0.225.5
Arginine Non-essential0.4912.2
Cysteine Non-essential0.030.7
Glycine Non-essential0.235.6
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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 170124 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.