Table 2.

Amino acid profiles of whole faba bean seeds compared to pea and soy.

	Faba Bean		Pea	Soy	Amino Acid Scoring Pattern 1
	cv. Bobas	cv. Kasztelan	cv. Solara	ND
	(High tannin)	(Low tannin)
Histidine *	2.41	2.29	2.52	2.91	2
Isoleucine *	3.94	3.91	3.33	4.6	3.2
Leucine *	7.47	7.01	6.58	7.76	6.6
Lysine *	7.08	6.71	6.84	7.08	5.7
Methionine *	0.87	1.06	1.03	1.29	2.7 2
Cysteine	1.33	0.85	1.55	1.19
Phenylalanine *	4.19	4.12	4.19	5.87	5.2 3
Tyrosine	2.78	2.59	3.16	3.65
Threonine *	3.40	3.40	3.59	3.69	3.1
Tryptophan *	0.87	0.85	0.94	1.38	0.85
Valine *	4.31	4.12	3.89	4.64	4.3
Arginine	9.46	9.04	6.84	8.86	.
Alanine	4.15	4.03	4.27	4.39	.
Aspartic acid	10.74	10.4	10.68	11.98	.
Glutamic acid	16.51	16.26	16.92	17.88	.
Glycine	4.73	4.25	4.32	4.20	.
Proline	3.94	3.86	3.76	4.92	.
Serine	4.69	4.76	4.79	4.77	.
References	[105]	[105]	[108]	[105]	[100]

* Essential amino acids. ¹ Amino acid scoring pattern for children 6 months to 3 years, recommended for regulatory purposes by the FAO [100]. ² Sulfur-containing amino acids (methionine and cysteine). ³ Aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine and tyrosine).