Amino Acids in Port De Salut cheese

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of Port De Salut cheese.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.343 g 42.9%
Threonine 0.876 g 36.5%
Isoleucine 1.446 g 72.3%
Leucine 2.482 g 54%
Lysine 1.987 g 48.5%
Methionine 0.734 g 40.8%
Cystine 0.134 g 7.4%
Phenylalanine 1.323 g 30.1%
Tyrosine 1.420 g 32.3%
Valine 1.707 g 68.3%
Arginine 0.827 g 13.6%
Histidine 0.686 g 32.7%
Alanine 0.790 g 12%
Aspartic acid 1.752 g 14.4%
Glutamic acid 5.349 g 39.3%
Glycine 0.485 g 13.9%
Proline 2.892 g 64.3%
Serine 1.357 g 16.3%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (2.482 g), isoleucine (1.446 g) and valine (1.707 g). Port De Salut cheese contains 5.635 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.485 g), arginine (0.827 g) and methionine (0.734 g). Port De Salut cheese contains 2.046 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.