Protein source
|
PDCAAS
|
DIAAS
|
Limiting AA
|
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Whey PI
|
1.00
|
1.09
|
His
|
Whey PC
|
1.00
|
0.97
|
His
|
Soy PI A
|
1.00
|
0.91
|
Met + Cys
|
Soy PI B
|
0.98
|
0.90
|
Met + Cys
|
Pea P
|
0.89
|
0.82
|
Met + Cys
|
Rice PC
|
0.42
|
0.37
|
Lys
|
-
PDCAAS protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score, DIAAS digestible indispensable amino acid score, AA amino acid, PC protein concentrate, PI protein isolate. Values are from reference [47]. Whey protein isolate (Whey PI) 8855, and whey protein concentrate (Whey PC) 392: all from the Fonterra Co-operative Group; soy PI A (Supro 670) and soy PI B (Supro XF) were from Solae; pea PC (Nutralys S85) from Roquette; and rice PC (Oryzatein 90) was from Axiom Foods. Limiting AA – first limiting amino acid when compared to an ideal protein