Vital wheat gluten (seitan)

dry · USDA SR Legacy, Vital wheat gluten (via nutritionvalue.org)

Protein /100 g75.2 g
Amino acid score59%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)5.106.8
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)2.503.3
Valine Essential (BCAA)3.204.3
Lysine Essential2.002.7
Threonine Essential2.102.8
Phenylalanine Essential3.905.2
Methionine Essential1.301.7
Histidine Essential2.002.7
Tryptophan Essential1.001.3
Glutamic acid Non-essential24.6032.7
Aspartic acid Non-essential4.105.5
Proline Non-essential11.8015.7
Alanine Non-essential2.803.7
Serine Non-essential3.504.7
Tyrosine Non-essential1.602.1
Arginine Non-essential3.704.9
Cysteine Non-essential1.602.1
Glycine Non-essential3.204.3
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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, Vital wheat gluten (via nutritionvalue.org). Educational reference, not medical advice.