Comparison of Amino Acids in Proteins From Selected Non-Meat Food Sources

Amino Acid Whey % Soy % Egg %
whole
Rice %
brown
Lentil %
Tryptophan
1.6
1.5
1.2
1.3
0.9
Threonine
6.3
4.3
4.8
3.7
3.6
Isoleucine
5.6
4.8
5.5
4.2
4.3
Leucine
9.2
8.1
8.5
8.3
7.3
Lysine
8.0
6.7
7.2
3.8
7.0
Methionine
1.9
1.3
3.1
2.2
0.9
Cystine
2.0
1.6
2.3
1.2
1.3
Phenylalanine
3.1
5.2
5.3
5.2
4.9
Tyrosine
2.8
3.8
4.1
3.8
2.7
Valine
5.4
5.0
6.1
5.9
5.0
Arginine
2.9
7.8
6.0
7.6
7.7
Histidine
1.8
2.7
2.4
2.6
2.8
Alanine
4.6
4.7
5.6
5.9
4.2
Aspartic acid
9.8
12.6
10.0
9.4
11.1
Glutamic acid
17.4
19.4
13.1
20.4
15.5
Glycine
2.2
4.6
3.4
4.9
4.1
Proline
6.1
5.9
4.0
4.7
4.2
Serine
4.8
5.8
7.4
5.2
4.6
Source: USDA Tables; amino acid weights as percentage of total protein.



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