Tetramino

Food profile: Amaranth grain, uncooked

Full name: Amaranth grain, uncooked

Amaranthus is a pseudocereal, but a real good source of proteins. It is supposed to have been very important for the Aztecs.

Category: Cereal Grains and Pasta

Efficiency: 0.73.

Amino Acid Score: > 100 (104).

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

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

More graphs of amino acids

General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 371 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 16.7 16
leucine 64.8 59
lysine 55.1 45
valine 50.1 39
methionine + cysteine 30.8 22
isoleucine 42.9 30
threonine 41.2 23
histidine 28.7 15
phenylalanine + tyrosine 64.2 30
tryptophan 13.3 6

Food pairs including this food

                                                                                                                                                                                                               
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Asparagus, cooked 0.730.90
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cheese, ricotta 0.740.23
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cocoa, dry powder 0.730.77
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Carrots, raw 0.730.69
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Beans, adzuki 0.730.49
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Buckwheat 0.730.92
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Bread, pita 0.730.62
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Beans, black 0.730.81
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Avocados, raw 0.790.84
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Bulgur, dry 0.730.64
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Beans, pinto 0.730.66
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram) 0.730.75
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cheese, camembert 0.810.43
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Bananas, raw 0.730.51
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cabbage, red 0.730.94
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cheese, parmesan 0.810.44
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Bread, pumpernickel 0.760.62
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Bread, rye 0.750.61
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Broccoli, cooked 0.740.86
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Baking chocolate, unsweetened 0.730.77
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Apples, dried 0.730.57
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Celery, raw 0.730.86
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cauliflower, cooked 0.730.92
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi) 0.730.54
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Buckwheat flour, whole-groat 0.730.92

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