Amino Acids in Fontina cheese

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of Fontina cheese.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.361 g 45.1%
Threonine 0.935 g 39%
Isoleucine 1.384 g 69.2%
Leucine 2.664 g 57.9%
Lysine 2.328 g 56.8%
Methionine 0.706 g 39.2%
Cystine 0.261 g 14.5%
Phenylalanine 1.497 g 34%
Tyrosine 1.524 g 34.6%
Valine 1.926 g 77%
Arginine 0.835 g 13.7%
Histidine 0.959 g 45.7%
Alanine 0.823 g 12.5%
Aspartic acid 1.413 g 11.6%
Glutamic acid 5.136 g 37.8%
Glycine 0.457 g 13.1%
Proline 3.323 g 73.8%
Serine 1.477 g 17.8%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (2.664 g), isoleucine (1.384 g) and valine (1.926 g). Fontina cheese contains 5.974 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.457 g), arginine (0.835 g) and methionine (0.706 g). Fontina cheese contains 1.998 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.