Table 4.
Main food contributors to dietary intake of branched chain amino acids in adolescents, ISA Capital, São Paulo, Brazil, 2008.
| Rank | Leucine | Isoleucine | Valine | Total BCAA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food | Median (g) | % | Food | Median (g) | % | Food | Median (g) | % | Food | Median (g) | % | |
| 1 | Unprocessed red meat | 105.0 | 22.4 | Unprocessed red meat | 105.0 | 22.4 | Unprocessed red meat | 105.0 | 21.1 | Unprocessed red meat | 105.0 | 22.0 |
| 2 | Unprocessed poultry | 80.0 | 9.0 | Unprocessed poultry | 80.0 | 10.8 | Unprocessed poultry | 80.0 | 9.2 | Unprocessed poultry | 80.0 | 9.5 |
| 3 | Savoury baked | 113.1 | 7.8 | Savoury baked | 113.1 | 7.4 | Savoury baked | 113.1 | 7.5 | Savoury baked | 113.1 | 7.6 |
| 4 | Bread and toast | 50.0 | 6.7 | Bread and toast | 50.0 | 6.3 | Bread and toast | 50.0 | 6.4 | Bread and toast | 50.0 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Beans | 43.0 | 6.0 | Beans | 43.0 | 5.7 | Rice | 150.0 | 6.1 | Beans | 43.0 | 5.9 |
| 6 | Rice | 150.0 | 5.4 | Whole milk | 180.4 | 5.4 | Beans | 43.0 | 6.0 | Rice | 150.0 | 5.5 |
| 7 | Whole milk | 180.4 | 5.0 | Rice | 150.0 | 4.9 | Whole milk | 180.4 | 5.6 | Whole milk | 180.4 | 5.3 |
| 8 | Processed red meat | 56.0 | 4.2 | Processed pork | 47.5 | 4.2 | Processed red meat | 56.0 | 4.0 | Processed red meat | 56.0 | 4.1 |
| 9 | Processed pork | 47.5 | 3.9 | Processed red meat | 56.0 | 4.1 | Processed pork | 47.5 | 4.0 | Processed pork | 47.5 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Unprocessed pork | 100.0 | 3.2 | Unprocessed pork | 100.0 | 3.2 | Unprocessed pork | 100.0 | 3.3 | Unprocessed pork | 100.0 | 3.2 |
| 11 | Sandwiches | 124.3 | 3.1 | Sandwiches | 124.3 | 3.0 | Sandwiches | 124.3 | 3.0 | Sandwiches | 124.3 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Yellow cheese | 30.0 | 2.4 | Yellow cheese | 30.0 | 2.5 | Yellow cheese | 30.0 | 2.8 | Yellow cheese | 30.0 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Fresh pasta | 220.0 | 2.2 | Candies | 50.0 | 2.2 | Candies | 50.0 | 2.3 | Candies | 50.0 | 2.2 |
| 14 | Unprocessed fish | 120.0 | 2.2 | Unprocessed fish | 120.0 | 2.2 | Unprocessed fish | 120.0 | 2.1 | Unprocessed fish | 120.0 | 2.2 |
| 15 | Candies | 50.0 | 2.2 | Fried snacks | 60.0 | 2.1 | Fresh pasta | 220.0 | 2.1 | Fresh pasta | 220.0 | 2.1 |
| % total | 85.7 | 86.4 | 85.5 | 85.6 | ||||||||