Amino Acid Protein Calculator
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Salted Butter
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  • Calories 149 7% DV
  • Protein 0g 0% DV
  • Carbs 0g 0% DV
  • Fat 17g 22% DV
  • Fiber 0g 0% DV
  • Sugar 0g 0% DV
  • Amino Acid Score 0%
  • Lysine / Arginine 1.5
Amino Acid Bar Charts

Total Recommended Daily Intake

  • Cystine 0% RDI 0mg
  • Histidine 0% RDI 1mg
  • Isoleucine 0% RDI 3mg
  • Leucine 0% RDI 4mg
  • Lysine 0% RDI 3mg
  • Methionine 0% RDI 1mg
  • Phenylalanine 0% RDI 2mg
  • Threonine 0% RDI 2mg
  • Tryptophan 0% RDI 1mg
  • Tyrosine 0% RDI 2mg
  • Valine 0% RDI 3mg
Protein Comparison Table

Table Legend

  1. Salted Butter
  2. Shortening, household, soybean (partially hydrogenated)-cottonseed (partially hydrogenated)
-- = missing data
Amino Acids
Food # 1 2 Total
Weight (g) 5 13 18
Essential  
Histidine (mg)
(%RDI)		 1
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 1
(0%)
Isoleucine (mg)
(%RDI)		 3
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 3
(0%)
Leucine (mg)
(%RDI)		 4
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 4
(0%)
Lysine (mg)
(%RDI)		 3
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 3
(0%)
Methionine (mg)
(%RDI)		 1
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 1
(0%)
Phenylalanine (mg)
(%RDI)		 2
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 2
(0%)
Threonine (mg)
(%RDI)		 2
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 2
(0%)
Tryptophan (mg)
(%RDI)		 1
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 1
(0%)
Valine (mg)
(%RDI)		 3
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 3
(0%)
Conditional  
Arginine (mg) 2
0
2
Cystine (mg)
(%RDI)		 0
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 0
(0%)
Glycine (mg) 1
0
1
Proline (mg) 4
0
4
Tyrosine (mg)
(%RDI)		 2
(0%)		 0
(0%)		 2
(0%)
Non-Essential  
Alanine (mg) 1
0
1
Aspartic acid (mg) 3
0
3
Betaine (mg) 0
--
0
Glutamic acid (mg) 9
0
9
Hydroxyproline (mg) --
--
0
Serine (mg) 2
0
2
Lysine to Arginine Ratio of All Selected Foods: 1.5
Data Source
Salted Butter
USDA Food Data Central Standard Release (Common)Iodine data is obtained from the USDA Iodine database.
Shortening, household, soybean (partially hydrogenated)-cottonseed (partially hydrogenated)
USDA Food Data Central Standard ReleaseOmega-6 data was extrapolated from undifferentiated-Octadecadienoic Acid (18:2) acid.