Taro, raw

raw · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 169308 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products)

Protein /100 g1.5 g
Amino acid score99%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.117.4
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.053.6
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.085.5
Lysine Essential0.074.5
Threonine Essential0.074.6
Phenylalanine Essential0.085.5
Methionine Essential0.021.3
Histidine Essential0.032.3
Tryptophan Essential0.021.5
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.1711.6
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.1912.8
Proline Non-essential0.064.0
Alanine Non-essential0.074.9
Serine Non-essential0.096.1
Tyrosine Non-essential0.063.7
Arginine Non-essential0.106.9
Cysteine Non-essential0.032.1
Glycine Non-essential0.074.9
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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 169308 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.