Tetramino

Food profile: Tofu, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari)

Full name: Tofu, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari)

Category: Legumes

Efficiency: 0.34.

Amino Acid Score: 70.

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

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

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General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 78 kcal for 100 g.

46.4 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 + cysteine 15.5 22
methionine 12.2 16
lysine 51.1 45
valine 50.3 39
leucine 80.5 59
isoleucine 49.1 30
histidine 24.9 15
threonine 45.5 23
tryptophan 13.6 6
phenylalanine + tyrosine 88.9 30

Food pairs including this food

                               
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Sweet potato, cooked-Tofu, firm 0.690.67
Tofu, firm-Quinoa, uncooked 0.830.41
Tofu, firm-Spices, poppy seed 0.750.68

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