Wheat, hard red spring

as sold · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 168889 (Cereal Grains and Pasta)

Protein /100 g15.4 g
Amino acid score58%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)1.046.7
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.543.5
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.684.4
Lysine Essential0.402.6
Threonine Essential0.432.8
Phenylalanine Essential0.724.7
Methionine Essential0.231.5
Histidine Essential0.332.1
Tryptophan Essential0.201.3
Glutamic acid Non-essential4.9532.1
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.815.2
Proline Non-essential1.6810.9
Alanine Non-essential0.563.6
Serine Non-essential0.664.3
Tyrosine Non-essential0.442.9
Arginine Non-essential0.704.6
Cysteine Non-essential0.402.6
Glycine Non-essential0.624.0
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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 168889 (Cereal Grains and Pasta). Educational reference, not medical advice.