Protein (g/100g DM)

White amaranth

Red amaranth

Brown amaranth

Standard pattern^¶

13.88 ± 0.16

15.15 ± 0.08

15.53 ± 0.24

Amino acid

Total

Free

Total

Free

Total

Free

Cysteine^*

50.7 ± 8.3

0.9 ± 0.0

42.7 ± 3.0

1.3 ± 0.2

45.5 ± 4.3

0.7 ± 0.1

Histidine^*

37.2 ± 3.1

1.4 ± 0.1

33.9 ± 2.5

1.5 ± 0.0

34.8 ± 2.0

1.2 ± 0.1

18.0

Isoleucine^*

39.4 ± 3.0

0.4 ± 0.1

37.2 ± 2.6

0.4 ± 0.1

34.9 ± 2.4

0.3 ± 0.1

31.0

Leucine^*

67.1 ± 2.9

0.4 ± 0.0

60.8 ± 2.6

0.4 ± 0.0

59.5 ± 0.2

0.2 ± 0.0

63.0

Lysine^*

73.9 ± 2.3

1.2 ± 0.0

66.7 ± 7.2

1.1 ± 0.0

65.3 ± 1.6

0.9 ± 0.0

52.0

Methionine^*

28.8 ± 0.5

0.4 ± 0.1

23.8 ± 3.4

0.5 ± 0.2

25.8 ± 0.7

0.3 ± 0.1

Phenylalanine^*

46.5 ± 3.6

0.2 ± 0.0

42.6 ± 1.4

0.2 ± 0.0

40.4 ± 3.5

0.1 ± 0.0

Threonine^*

40.3 ± 1.9

0.0 ± 0.0

35.0 ± 3.4

0.0 ± 0.0

36.7 ± 1.1

0.0 ± 0.0

27.0

Tryptophan^*

ND

1.0 ± 0.0

ND

1.4 ± 0.1

ND

0.7 ± 0.0

7.4

Valine^*

48.3 ± 1.2

0.7 ± 0.1

42.0 ± 4.6

0.7 ± 0.1

41.3 ± 2.7

0.5 ± 0.1

42.0

Alanine

44.0 ± 2.0

1.1 ± 0.0

38.2 ± 5.8

0.5 ± 0.1

39.0 ± 1.5

1.0 ± 0.0

Arginine

109.8 ± 8.0

1.6 ± 0.0

102.2 ± 10.0

3.6 ± 0.3

100.6 ± 4.0

1.0 ± 0.0

Aspartic acid

94.4 ± 5.2

1.1 ± 0.0

86.0 ± 9.3

2.2 ± 0.1

89.4 ± 10.0

1.2 ± 0.0

Glutamic acid

203.5 ± 14.0

2.9 ± 0.0

183.5 ± 15.0

4.6 ± 0.3

181.8 ± 3.0

1.8 ± 0.0

Glycine

100.1 ± 4.0

1.3 ± 0.0

89.1 ± 6.4

0.4 ± 0.1

100.0 ± 4.0

1.1 ± 0.0

Proline

135.7 ± 25.6

2.4 ± 0.0

125.0 ± 30.0

3.7 ± 0.2

118.4 ± 17.4

1.5 ± 0.0

Serine

65.5 ± 4.0

1.3 ± 0.2

58.5 ± 4.8

2.1 ± 0.1

68.9 ± 1.6

0.6 ± 0.0

Tyrosine

52.9 ± 6.0

0.5 ± 0.0

45.8 ± 2.7

0.7 ± 0.0

49.7 ± 3.4

0.4 ± 0.0

AAA^§

99.4 ± 6.3

88.4 ± 2.6

90.1 ± 3.4

46.0

SAA^¥

79.5 ± 7.9

66.5 ± 5.9

71.3 ± 4.9

26.0

NH₃

78.3 ± 6.1

3.2 ± 0.0

70.0 ± 14.3

2.0 ± 0.1

76.6 ± 12.2

1.4 ± 0.1