Tetramino

Food profile: Seeds, flaxseed

Full name: Seeds, flaxseed

Category: Nuts

Efficiency: 0.68.

Amino Acid Score: > 100 (105).

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

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

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General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 534 kcal for 100 g.

13.7 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 47.1 45
leucine 67.5 59
methionine 20.2 16
valine 58.6 39
isoleucine 49.0 30
histidine 25.8 15
methionine + cysteine 38.8 22
threonine 41.9 23
phenylalanine + tyrosine 79.3 30
tryptophan 16.2 6

Food pairs including this food

                               
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Seeds, flaxseed-Bananas, raw 0.710.35
Seeds, flaxseed-Oats 0.680.88
Seeds, flaxseed-Bread, pita 0.680.84

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