Tetramino

Food profile: Quinoa, uncooked

Full name: Quinoa, uncooked

Category: Cereal Grains and Pasta

Efficiency: 0.78.

Amino Acid Score: > 100 (101).

Amino acid quantities (g per 100 g)

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

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General nutritional values

Macronutrient quantities (g) per 100 g

Energy: 368 kcal for 100 g.

15.3 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)
leucine 59.5 59
valine 42.1 39
isoleucine 35.7 30
lysine 54.2 45
threonine 29.8 23
methionine 21.9 16
methionine + cysteine 36.3 22
histidine 28.8 15
tryptophan 11.8 6
phenylalanine + tyrosine 60.9 30

Food pairs including this food

                               
PairBest efficiencyAmino profile similarity
Tofu, firm-Quinoa, uncooked 0.830.41
Pumpkin, cooked-Quinoa, uncooked 0.780.41
Quinoa, uncooked-Nuts, walnuts 0.820.42

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