Tetramino

Food profile: Ginger root, raw

Full name: Ginger root, raw

Category: Vegetables

Efficiency: 0.53.

Amino Acid Score: 45.

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

In relative terms, this food in particularly poor in methionine and rich in tryptophan.

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General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 80 kcal for 100 g.

9.1 percents of proteins in total calories.

Table of nutritional values

Ratio of essential amino acids to total protein (mg/g)

Amino acid In food Required
(g/kg protein) (g/kg protein)
methionine 7.1 16
methionine + cysteine 11.5 22
leucine 40.7 59
lysine 31.3 45
threonine 19.8 23
isoleucine 28.0 30
valine 40.1 39
histidine 16.5 15
tryptophan 6.6 6
phenylalanine + tyrosine 35.7 30

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