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Table 1 Amino acid profile and macronutrient content of protein supplements

From: Native whey induces higher and faster leucinemia than other whey protein supplements and milk: a randomized controlled trial

Amino acids (g/100 g)

Native whey

WPC-80a

Milk

Alanine

0.17

0.16

0.10

Arginine

0.09

0.08

0.11

Aspartic acid

0.40

0.35

0.25

Cysteine

0.09

0.07

0.03

Phenylalanine

0.13

0.11

0.15

Glutamic acid

0.60

0.56

0.67

Glycine

0.07

0.06

0.06

Histidine

0.07

0.06

0.09

Isoleucine

0.19

0.20

0.16

Leucine

0.43

0.34

0.31

Lysine

0.36

0.30

0.27

Methionine

0.08

0.07

0.08

Proline

0.18

0.21

0.32

Serine

0.16

0.18

0.18

Threonine

0.18

0.23

0.14

Tyrosine

0.09

0.07

0.12

Valine

0.18

0.19

0.20

Tryptophan

0.08

0.05

0.04

Total protein

3.33

3.10

3.23

Fat

1.08

1.06

0.99

Carbohydrate

6.40

6.60

600

  1. aMicroparticulated and hydrolysed whey proteins were produced from the WPC-80 and thus had the same composition