Foods with optimal amino acid profile?
The Wikipedia article for complete protein has the following table that lists the optimal profile of the essential amino acids:
Essential Amino Acid | mg/g of Protein
Tryptophan | 7
Threonine | 27
Isoleucine | 25
Leucine | 55
Lysine | 51
Methionine+Cystine | 25
Phenylalanine+Tyrosine | 47
Valine | 32
Histidine | 18
What foods come closest to matching the distribution of amino acids in the table?
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One measure is the Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS), which ranks the following with 1 being the maximum score and 0 the minimum:
1.00 casein (milk protein)
1.00 egg white
1.00 soy protein
1.00 whey (milk protein)
0.92 beef
0.91 soybeans
0.78 chickpeas
0.76 fruits
0.73 vegetables
0.70 legumes
0.59 cereals and derivatives
0.42 whole wheat
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