Tetramino

Food profile: Nuts, almonds

Full name: Nuts, almonds

Category: Nuts

Efficiency: 0.39.

Amino Acid Score: 46.

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

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

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General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 579 kcal for 100 g.

14.6 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 7.4 16
lysine 26.9 45
methionine + cysteine 17.6 22
valine 40.4 39
leucine 69.6 59
isoleucine 35.5 30
threonine 28.4 23
tryptophan 10.0 6
histidine 25.5 15
phenylalanine + tyrosine 74.8 30

Food pairs including this food

                                       
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Nuts, almonds 0.730.58
Nuts, cashew nuts-Nuts, almonds 0.680.83
Nuts, chestnuts-Nuts, almonds 0.770.32
Oats-Nuts, almonds 0.610.85

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