Table 3.
Essential Amino Acids | Pea Protein [56] | Soybean Protein [56] | DIAAS (Peas) | DIAAS (Soybeans) | FAO/WHO/UNU [57] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emulsions [58] | Milk [58] | ||||
Threonine | 3.80 | 3.90 | 3.86 | 3.73 | 2.30 |
Methionine | 0.90 | 1.40 | 0.42 | 1.42 | 1.60 |
Phenylalanine | 5.70 | 5.50 | 5.95 | 5.30 | 1.36 |
Histidine | 2.40 | 2.50 | 5.60 | 7.10 | 1.50 |
Lysine | 6.70 | 5.60 | 7.10 | 5.65 | 4.50 |
Valine | 4.90 | 5.10 | 4.95 | 4.70 | 3.90 |
Isoleucine | 4.40 | 4.90 | 4.85 | 4.74 | 3.00 |
Leucine | 7.60 | 5.60 | 8.74 | 7.46 | 5.90 |
Tryptophan | 0.90 | 1.30 | 3.23 | 2.82 | 0.60 |
Non-essential amino acids | |||||
Serine | 5.40 | 5.20 | |||
Glycine | 4.00 | 4.40 | |||
Glutamic acid | 16.40 | 20.50 | |||
Aspartic acid | 11.80 | 11.90 | |||
Proline | 4.40 | 4.90 | |||
Cysteine | 1.20 | 1.00 | 0.6 | ||
Alanine | 0.71 | 4.20 | |||
Tyrosine | 4.00 | 3.90 | |||
Arginine | 7.80 | 8.40 |