EAA

Whole millet

Germi-
nated millet

Pre-cooked soybean

Roasted soybean

WMPCS

GMPCS

WMRS

GMRS

FAO/
WHO/
UNUa
2007
Adult

Lys

3.85

3.02

7.12

6.91

4.77

4.09

4.68

3.99

4.5

Met

3.06

3.05

4.30

3.05

3.41

3.38

3.06

3.05

-

Ile

4.59

3.84

5.07

5.06

4.72

4.17

4.72

4.15

3.0

Leu

7.6

6.88

7.25

7.12

7.50

6.98

7.47

6.94

5.9

Met+Cys

3.5

3.40

4.01

3.89

3.64

3.56

3.61

3.53

1.6

Phe

6.27

5.98

8.16

8.17

6.80

6.55

6.79

6.53

-

Phe+Tyr

8.71

7.85

9.33

9.35

8.88

8.24

8.88

8.23

3.8

Thr

3.68

2.78

4.39

4.35

3.88

3.20

3.86

3.17

2.3

Val

5.81

4.74

4.80

4.79

5.53

4.75

5.53

4.75

3.9

His

2.11

1.75

2.71

2.71

2.28

1.99

2.27

1.98

1.5

Trp

1.39

1.06

1.6

1.59

1.45

1.20

1.45

1.19

0.6
a: FAO/WHO/UNU energy and protein requirements (2007)
EAA: Essential Amino Acid
WMPCS: Whole millet/Pre-cooked soybean.
GMPCS: Germinated millet/Pre-cooked soybean
WMRS: Whole millet / Roasted soybean.
GMRS: Germinated millet / Roasted soybean
Table 4: Essential amino acid composition (g/100g) of raw flour and the four extruded flours