Table 1.
Amino acids (% of total) | Low-fat milk | WPC80 | Native wheya |
---|---|---|---|
Alanine | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
Arginine | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Aspartate | 7.5 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
Cysteine | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
Phenylalanine | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
Glutamic acid | 20.4 | 17.1 | 17.4 |
Glycine | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Histidine | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
Isoleucine | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
Leucine | 9.6 | 10.3 | 11.8 |
Lysine | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
Methionine | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
Proline | 9.7 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
Serine | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
Threonine | 4.4 | 7.0 | 4.9 |
Tyrosine | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
Valine | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
Tryptophan | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
EAA | 41.4 | 45.3 | 45.2 |
aMean values for native whey from studies 1 and 2