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 |