Table 3.

Amino acid pattern (mg/g protein) of WPC 80 and its hydrolysates, human milk and the FAO/WHO/UNU reference standard

Amino acid	WPC 80	WPC hydrolysates				Human milka	FAO/WHO/UNU (1985) reference standardb
		5% DH	10% DH	15% DH	20% DH
Essential
Ile	49.7	54.1	52.4	54.6	49.1	49	28
Leu	106.6	105.7	110.1	108.4	106.5	91	66
Lys	88.1	91.5	93.2	92.5	91.9	65	58
Met+Cys	79.7	40.7	43.5	41.1	42.2	37	25
Phe+Tyr	58.2	61.0	63.2	61.6	60.6	76	63
Thr	68.7	72.9	71.9	70.5	71.8	44	34
Val	18.4	53.5	51.7	54.6	47.8	52	35
Trp	17.3	21.4	17.9	19.7	17.1	NAc	11
Non-essential
His	7.8	17.8	18.4	17.4	16.7
Ala	55.5	54.1	54.8	54.0	54.7
Arg	27.1	29.0	29.0	29.4	28.2
Asp	91.8	91.1	93.0	90.4	93.4
Glu	158.4	172.5	170.8	167.6	169.4
Gly	53.2	19.1	19.6	19.6	19.9
Pro	66.6	60.5	55.1	64.5	74.8
Ser	53.0	55.1	55.3	54.0	55.6

^aFrom Hambraeus (1982)

^bFAO/WHO/UNU amino acid requirement pattern based on amino acid requirements of preschool-age child

^cNot analyzed