Tetramino

Food profile: Onions, raw

Full name: Onions, raw

Category: Vegetables

Efficiency: 0.18.

Amino Acid Score: 11.

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: 40 kcal for 100 g.

11.0 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 1.8 16
methionine + cysteine 5.5 22
leucine 22.7 59
isoleucine 12.7 30
valine 19.1 39
lysine 35.5 45
threonine 19.1 23
histidine 12.7 15
phenylalanine + tyrosine 35.5 30
tryptophan 12.7 6

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