Tetramino

Food profile: Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw

Full name: Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw

Category: Vegetables

Efficiency: 0.76.

Amino Acid Score: 93.

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

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

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General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 17 kcal for 100 g.

28.5 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 14.9 16
leucine 58.7 59
threonine 24.0 23
methionine + cysteine 24.8 22
valine 44.6 39
isoleucine 36.4 30
lysine 55.4 45
tryptophan 8.3 6
histidine 21.5 15
phenylalanine + tyrosine 62.0 30

Food pairs including this food

               
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Turnips, cooked-Squash, summer 0.780.45

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