Food detail / Source: USDA

Quinoa — reference photograph

Quinoa

Category: Legume, grain or cereal

Preparation: Cooked quinoa; added salt/fat not specified in the source description.

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Quinoa 2.jpg · ProjectManhattan · CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped to a square, resized and converted to WebP.

Reference photograph; not the sample analyzed by USDA.

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USDA composition per 100 g for this preparation. Missing values and results below quantification limits remain unavailable for arithmetic; see USDA for the original limits. These data do not establish a food-specific health benefit.

Reported amino acids

Tryptophan: 0.1 gThreonine: 0.1 gIsoleucine: 0.2 gLeucine: 0.3 gLysine: 0.2 gMethionine: 0.1 gCystine: 0.1 gPhenylalanine: 0.2 gTyrosine: 0.1 gValine: 0.2 gArginine: 0.3 gHistidine: 0.1 gAlanine: 0.2 gAspartic acid: 0.4 gGlutamic acid: 0.6 gGlycine: 0.2 gProline: 0.2 gSerine: 0.2 g
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