Tetramino

Food profile: Cheese, ricotta, whole milk

Full name: Cheese, ricotta, whole milk

Category: Dairy and egg products

Efficiency: 0.66.

Amino Acid Score: > 100 (153).

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: 174 kcal for 100 g.

25.9 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 33.7 22
methionine 25.0 16
valine 61.5 39
isoleucine 52.3 30
leucine 108.4 59
tryptophan 11.1 6
threonine 45.9 23
lysine 118.8 45
histidine 40.8 15
phenylalanine + tyrosine 101.7 30

Food pairs including this food

               
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Amaranth grain, uncooked-Cheese, ricotta 0.740.23

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