Yam, cooked, boiled, drained, or baked, without salt

cooked · USDA SR Legacy, FDC ID 170072 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products)

Protein /100 g1.5 g
Amino acid score87%
Limiting amino acidlysine
Amino acidg / 100 gg / 100 g protein
Leucine Essential (BCAA)0.096.3
Isoleucine Essential (BCAA)0.053.4
Valine Essential (BCAA)0.064.0
Lysine Essential0.063.9
Threonine Essential0.053.5
Phenylalanine Essential0.074.6
Methionine Essential0.021.3
Histidine Essential0.032.2
Tryptophan Essential0.010.8
Glutamic acid Non-essential0.1811.8
Aspartic acid Non-essential0.1510.1
Proline Non-essential0.053.6
Alanine Non-essential0.064.1
Serine Non-essential0.085.3
Tyrosine Non-essential0.042.6
Arginine Non-essential0.128.3
Cysteine Non-essential0.021.2
Glycine Non-essential0.053.5
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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 170072 (Vegetables and Vegetable Products). Educational reference, not medical advice.