Table 4. Raw Ingredient Comparison of Whole Mycelium, Whole Plants, and Animal Foods per 100 ga.
| FAO/WHO 2013 PDCAAS scoring | mycofoods |
plants |
animals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mycoprotein30 | mycelium, whole39Neurospora crassa) | portabella mushroom, raw85 | chickpea, boiled (canned and rinsed)86 | soybean raw87 | beef, raw (filet)88 | chicken, raw, breast meat only89 | |||
| amount | g | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| water | g | NR | NR | 92.8 | 66.9 | 67.5 | 72.5 | 73.9 | |
| calories | kcal | 86 | 95 | 22 | 138 | 147 | 125 | 120 | |
| total fat | g | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 2.6 | |
| sat fat | g | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | |
| mono Fat | g | 0.5 | NR | 0.04 | 0.49 | 1.28 | 1.76 | 0.69 | |
| poly Fat | g | 1.8 | NR | 0.30 | 0.96 | 3.2 | 0.15 | 0.42 | |
| sodium | mg | 5.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 212 | 15.0 | 57.0 | 45.0 | |
| carbohydrates | g | 3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 22.9 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| fiber | g | 6 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| sugar | g | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| protein | g | 11 | 12.6 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 22.9 | 22.5 | |
| EAA | |||||||||
| histidine | mg/g protein | 20 | 35.5 | 25.8 | 27.488 | 27.7 | 26.8 | 43.1 | 37.3 |
| isoleucine | mg/g protein | 32 | 51.8 | 43.2 | 38.9 | 43.0 | 43.8 | 52.8 | 48.9 |
| leucine | mg/g protein | 66 | 86.4 | 74.9 | 61.6 | 71.4 | 71.2 | 98.3 | 82.7 |
| lysine | mg/g protein | 57 | 82.7 | 79.5 | 57.8 | 67.2 | 59.6 | 110.0 | 96.0 |
| methionine + cysteine | mg/g protein | 27 | NR | 32.5 | 18.5 | 26.8 | 21.2 | 41.7 | 36.5 |
| phenylalanine + tyrosine | mg/g protein | 52 | NR | 70.7 | 42.7 | 78.8 | 80.8 | 87.6 | 76.4 |
| threonine | mg/g protein | 31 | 55.5 | 49.4 | 47.9 | 37.4 | 39.7 | 53.3 | 44.9 |
| tryptophan | mg/g protein | 8.5 | 16.4 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| valine | mg/g protein | 43 | 54.5 | 63.1 | 36.0 | 42.3 | 44.3 | 55.5 | 51.6 |
| PDCAAS | 0.99 | 1.0 | N/A | 0.590 | 0.8591 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| calcium | mg | 48 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 43.0 | 197.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| iron | mg | 0.39 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.4 | |
| magnesium | mg | NR | 23.0 | NR | 24.0 | 65.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | |
| phosphorus | mg | 290 | 340.0 | 108.0 | 80.0 | 194.0 | 233.0 | 213.0 | |
| potassium | mg | 71 | 315.0 | 364.0 | 109.0 | 620.0 | 389.0 | 334.0 | |
| zinc | mg | 7.6 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 0.7 | |
| thiamin | mg | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| riboflavin | mg | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| niacin | mg | NR | 6.7 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 9.6 | |
| pantothenic acid | mg | NR | 3.2 | 1.1 | NR | 0.1 | NR | 1.5 | |
| folate | μg | 114 | 150.0 | 28.0 | 41.0 | 165.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | |
| choline | mg | 180 | 80.0 | 21.2 | NR | NR | NR | 82.1 | |
| vitamin B12 | μg | 0.71 | NR | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.2 | |
a
EAA, essential amino acids; mono fat, monounsaturated fat; NR, not reported; poly fat, polyunsaturated fat; PDCAAS, protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score; sat fat, saturated fat.