Amino acid	Amount of amino acid (mg/100g DM)					Requirement^$	Percentage contribution (%)^¥
	Wheat^†	Maize^†	Amaranth				Wheat	Maize	Amaranth
	Wheat^†	Maize^†	White	Red	Brown		Wheat	Maize	White	Red	Brown
AAA	764	795	1379	1340	1400	458 - 476	51 - 53	53 - 56	92 - 96	90 - 93	94 - 98
His	274	244	516	514	540	171 - 178	49 - 51	44 - 46	92 - 96	92 - 97	98 - 102
Ileu	441	325	547	563	542	279 - 321	44 - 51	32 - 37	54 - 62	56 - 64	54 - 62
Leu	811	1129	932	921	925	566 - 642	40 - 46	56 - 64	46 - 53	46 - 52	46 - 53
Lys	334	244	1026	1011	1014	497 - 535	20 - 22	15 - 16	61 - 66	61 - 65	60 - 65
SAA	418	316	1103	1008	1108	241 - 262	51 - 56	39 - 42	136 - 148	124 - 135	135 - 147
Thr	346	334	559	531	570	264 - 273	40 - 42	39 - 41	65 - 67	62 - 64	67 - 70
Val	523	433	671	636	641	380 - 428	39 - 44	32 - 36	50 - 56	48 - 54	48 - 54