Already investigated food pairs
The 'best efficiencies' are the respective highest amino acid efficiencies that can be obtained by combining the two foods of the pair.
| Pair |
Best efficiency |
| Peanuts, all types-Bread, wheat |
0.59 |
| Lettuce, green leaf-Bulgur, dry |
0.66 |
| Cabbage, red-Corn, sweet |
0.76 |
| Leavening agents, yeast-Wheat flour, white |
0.73 |
| Cauliflower, cooked-Nuts, walnuts |
0.70 |
| Beans, black-Carrots, raw |
0.59 |
| Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels-Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram) |
0.73 |
| Lentils, pink or red-Carrots, raw |
0.43 |
| Seeds, sunflower seed kernels-Oats |
0.61 |
| Amaranth grain, uncooked-Asparagus, cooked |
0.73 |
| Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cheese, ricotta |
0.74 |
| Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cocoa, dry powder |
0.73 |
| Peas, green-Oats |
0.76 |
| Spices, poppy seed-Oats |
0.75 |
| Amaranth grain, uncooked-Carrots, raw |
0.73 |
