Typical Values
Common foodstuffs and their values: (Note: this scale uses 100 as 100% of the nitrogen incorporated.)
- Whey Protein: 96
- Whole Soy Bean: 96
- Human milk: 95
- Chicken egg: 94
- Soybean milk: 91
- Cow milk: 90
- Cheese: 84
- Rice: 83
- Defatted soy flour: 81
- Fish: 76
- Beef: 74.3
- Immature bean: 65
- Full-fat soy flour: 64
- Soybean curd (tofu): 64
- Whole wheat: 64
- White flour: 41
Common foodstuffs and their values: (Note: These values use "whole egg" as a value of 100, so foodstuffs that provide even more nitrogen than whole eggs, can have a value of more than 100. 100, does not mean that 100% of the nitrogen in the food is incorporated into the body, and not excreted, as in other charts.)
- Whey protein concentrate: 104
- Whole egg: 100
- Cow milk: 91
- Beef: 80
- Casein: 77
- Soy: 74
- Wheat gluten: 64
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