Amino acids

Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid (IAA) reference ratio

Amino acid composition from present study (mg/protein)

Comparison to Infant (birth to 6 months) requirement

Comparison to Infant (6 months to 3 years) requirement

Comparison to older child, adolescent, adult requirement protein pattern

Histidine

29.480

1.404

1.474

2.457

Isoleucine

52.270

0.950

1.633

1.307

Leucine

73.910

0.795

1.120

1.212

Lysine

20.610

0.299

0.362

0.429

Methionine + cysteine

43.740

0.245

0.300

0.352