Nutritional Characteristics of a Substance | Protein Value

The following points highlight the three main nutritional characteristics of a substance. The nutritional characteristics are: 1. Digestibility of Proteins 2. Availability of the Digested Products 3. Presence and Amounts of the Various Essential Amino Acids. Nutritional Characteristic # 1. Digestibility of Proteins: It is ex­pressed as the percentage of the food ni­trogen which has been absorbed. Absorbed N = [...]