TABLE 4.
Mean percentage of an adult woman’s recommended daily intakes for amino acids supplied by one 250 ml serving of each product type.
| Cow’s milk (fresh) | Cow’s milk (UHT) | Almond | Coconut | Oat | Rice | Soy | |
| Histidine | 29% | 33% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 29% |
| Isoleucine | 33% | 36% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 27% |
| Leucine | 32% | 34% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 24% |
| Lysine | 36% | 38% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 25% |
| SAA | 33% | 37% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 23% |
| AAA | 54% | 61% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 44% |
| Threonine | 38% | 42% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 31% |
| Tryptophan | 41% | 43% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 0% | 37% |
| Valine | 34% | 40% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 23% |
| Reactive lysine (as a % of total lysine) | 95 ± 2 | 94 ± 2 | 73 ± 3 | 69 ± 13 | 49 ± 9 | 40 ± 21 | 99 ± 1 |
| Reactive lysine (as a % of lysine recommended daily intake)* | 34% | 36% | 1% | 3% | 1% | <1% | 25% |
SAA, sulfur amino acids (methionine and cysteine); AAA, aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine and tyrosine). Amino acid requirements obtained from FAO (15) and calculated for 60 kg adult. *Calculated by multiplying the % lysine supplied by one serving by the mean reactive lysine %.