Tetramino

Food profile: Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried

Full name: Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried

Category: Nuts

Efficiency: 0.44.

Amino Acid Score: 71.

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

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

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General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 573 kcal for 100 g.

12.4 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)
lysine 32.1 45
leucine 76.6 59
valine 55.8 39
isoleucine 43.0 30
threonine 41.5 23
histidine 29.4 15
methionine 33.1 16
methionine + cysteine 53.2 22
phenylalanine + tyrosine 94.9 30
tryptophan 21.9 6

Food pairs including this food

                       
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Seeds, hemp seed-Seeds, sesame seeds 0.580.95
Beans, adzuki-Seeds, sesame seeds 0.800.16

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