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  Amino Acid Table

This table is a bit under a construction, like you see there's some values missing. They'll be updated at the beginning of July, so it's going to take a while. But table is also informative without update, so make best of it.

Value / Amino Acid Whey Isolated Whey Hydrolyzed Whey Concentrate Egg White Powder Rice Hydrolyzed Wheat Embroyes Parmesan- Cheese
Energy KJ 1643 x 1607 1515 1319 1590 1880
Energy Kcal 391 x 382 379 314 380 450
Protein grams 92 x 77.9 91.5 75 47 92
Glutamic Acid 20720 16796 15727 10772 19200 8000 9570
BCAA's 11349 18673 21820 19248 18300 4280 9110
Isoleucine 8780 5035 5748 4990 4700 990 2210
Leucine 1750 8615 11549 7446 7700 1970 4040
Lysine 6740 9287 9867 6257 4600 710 3840
Methionine 760 1493 1911 348 2300 465 1110
Cystine 0 1635 3432 2059 1300 750 270
Phenylalaine 990 2288 3587 5228 5700 1320 2210
Tyrosine 0 2119 3203 3564 5200 890 2340
Threonine 1761 6103 3890 3881 3400 800 1560
Tryptophon 819 5203 2376 1267 1200 330 570
Valine 0 4837 4523 6812 5900 1320 2860
Arginine 440 9341 1700 4990 8300 1360 1560
Histidine 5390 16796 1911 2059 1400 610 1630
Alanine 8820 1542 4710 5545 4600 1080 1240
Aspartic Acid 20720 3962 9564 943 7600 1460 2600
Glycine 11510 x 1760 3168 3400 1180 720
Proline 7800 x 3854 3168 3400 3100 4880
Serine x x 3643 6020 4600 1550 2410
Value / Amino Acid Soy Milk fat -1 % Soy Milk fat -20 % Soy Isolated Soy Bean dryed Soy Powder protein -50 % Almond Sweet Broiler skin/meat Roasted
Energy KJ 1480 1970 1574 1280 1466 2650 820
Energy Kcal 355 470 376 306 350 540 196
Protein grams 86 37 91 34 50 20 x
Glutamic Acid 8836 6956 9999 6440 5434 5930 5115
BCAA's 7558 5950 14860 5460 8076 3450 5946
Isoleucine 2068 1628 4120 1470 2239 870 1734
Leucine 3384 2664 6620 2460 3598 1550 2522
Lysine 2820 2220 5450 2020 2962 670 2865
Methionine 564 444 1120 410 609 230 93
Cystine 432 340 840 310 457 360 1473
Phenylalaine 2068 1628 4120 1530 2239 1110 1347
Tyrosine 1654 1302 3240 1200 1761 710 1118
Threonine 1880 1480 3580 1370 1946 740 1461
Tryptophon 564 444 1120 410 609 360 87
Valine 2106 1658 4120 1530 2239 1030 1691
Arginine 3760 2960 3760 2730 2043 2500 2192
Histidine 1278 1006 2500 930 1359 560 1032
Alanine 2068 1628 4120 1530 2239 940 2077
Aspartic Acid 5452 4292 9999 3990 5434 2350 3152
Glycine 3478 2738 3830 1420 2082 1240 2307
Proline 2181 1717 4230 1580 2299 1260 1734
Serine 2632 2072 5150 1910 2799 900 1232

Amounts are milligrams per 100 g of product. This Amino Acid Table was originally made to Finnish bodybuilding magazine Bodaus-Issue 2/97. And if you have any questions or comments about this table or something else to ask about nutrition, just write to Timo Kosonen . Also check Austin Nutritional Research, where you find very informative and detailed information on amino acids and how they effect.

Method Protein percentage Carbohydrate percentage Fat Percentage
Drying 12 - 16 75 10 - 15
1st Filtering 34 50 6 - 12
Ultrafiltering-reverse osmosis 50 - 75 15 - 35 6 - 10
Ultra- and microfiltering 75 - 80 4 - 7 3 - 10
Ion exchange filtering 90 - 95 1 - 2 1 - 2
Hydrolysation 80 - 88 2 - 5 1 - 4
Fractation 83 - 89 2 - 4 1 - 3

Above there is different kind of processing methods of protein products. Amounts are variable in different brands.

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