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Values for digestible indispensable amino acid scores (DIAAS) for some dairy and plant proteins may better describe protein quality than values calculated using the concept for protein digestibility-corrected amino acid scores (PDCAAS)

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Mathai, John K., Liu, Yanhong, Stein, Hans H.·2017·British Journal of Nutrition

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to compare values for digestible indispensable amino acid scores (DIAAS) for four animal proteins and four plant proteins with values calculated as recommended for protein digestibility-corrected amino acid scores (PDCAAS), but determined in pigs instead of in rats. Values for standardised total tract digestibility (STTD) of crude protein (CP) and standardised ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids (AA) were calculated for whey protein isolate (WPI), whey protein concentrate (WPC), milk protein concentrate (MPC), skimmed milk powder (SMP), pea protein concentrate (PPC), soya protein isolate (SPI), soya flour and whole-grain wheat. The PDCAAS-like values were calculated using the STTD of CP to estimate AA digestibility and values for DIAAS were calculated from values for SID of AA. Results indicated that values for SID of most indispensable AA in WPI, WPC and MPC were greater (P<0·05) than for SMP, PPC, SPI, soya flour and wheat. With the exception of arginine and tryptophan, the SID of all indispensable AA in SPI was greater (P<0·05) than in soya flour, and with the exception of threonine, the SID of all indispensable AA in wheat was less (P<0·05) than in all other ingredients. If the same scoring pattern for children between 6 and 36 months was used to calculate PDCAAS-like values and DIAAS, PDCAAS-like values were greater (P<0·05) than DIAAS values for SMP, PPC, SPI, soya flour and wheat indicating that PDCAAS-like values estimated in pigs may overestimate the quality of these proteins.

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  • Findingown data

    Apart from arginine and tryptophan, the standardised ileal digestibility of every indispensable amino acid in soya protein isolate exceeded that in soya flour.

    “With the exception of arginine and tryptophan, the SID of all indispensable AA in SPI was greater (P < 0•05) than in soya flour, and with the exception of threonine, the SID of all indispensable AA in wheat was less (P < 0•05) than in all other ingredients.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Findingown data

    The standardised ileal digestibility of most indispensable amino acids was higher in whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate and milk protein concentrate than in skimmed milk powder, pea protein concentrate, soya protein isolate, soya flour and wheat.

    “Results indicated that values for SID of most indispensable AA in WPI, WPC and MPC were greater (P < 0•05) than for SMP, PPC, SPI, soya flour and wheat.”
    • Also stated in: § Results · plain
      “However, the SID of most AA was greater (P < 0•05) in WPI, WPC and MPC than in SMP, PPC, soya flour and wheat, but for SPI, many AA had SID values that were not different from those in WPI, WPC and MPC.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Findingown data

    The standardised ileal digestibility of isoleucine, cysteine and serine was lower in milk protein concentrate than in whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate.

    “The SID of isoleucine, cysteine and serine was less (P < 0•05) in MPC than in WPI and WPC, and the SID of valine and glutamic acid was less (P < 0•05) in MPC than in WPI, but for all other AA, no differences among MPC, WPI and WPC were observed.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Findingown data

    Except for arginine, tryptophan, alanine and glycine, the standardised ileal digestibility of all amino acids was higher in soya protein isolate than in soya flour.

    “With the exception of arginine, tryptophan, alanine and glycine, the SID of all AA was greater (P < 0•05) in SPI than in soya flour.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Findingown data

    For all other amino acids, standardised ileal digestibility did not differ among milk protein concentrate, whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate.

    “The SID of isoleucine, cysteine and serine was less (P < 0•05) in MPC than in WPI and WPC, and the SID of valine and glutamic acid was less (P < 0•05) in MPC than in WPI, but for all other AA, no differences among MPC, WPI and WPC were observed.”
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    Findingown data

    The crude protein concentration of the ingredients ranged from 11.67% to 92.66%.

    “The concentration of CP in ingredients ranged from 11•67 to 92•66 %.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    When PDCAAS-like values were calculated according to FAO/WHO recommendations and truncated, values for whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate and skimmed milk powder were lower than DIAAS values, while values for pea protein concentrate, soya protein isolate, soya flour and wheat were higher than DIAAS values.

    “If PDCAAS-like values calculated according to FAO/WHO (1) were truncated as recommended, values for WPC, MPC, SMP were less (P < 0•05) than values for DIAAS, whereas PDCAASlike values for PPC, SPI, soya flour and wheat were greater (P < 0•05) than for DIAAS (Table 6).”
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    • cites [1] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    When PDCAAS-like values were not truncated, the value for whey protein concentrate did not differ from DIAAS, but values for milk protein concentrate and skimmed milk powder were higher than DIAAS.

    “However, if PDCAAS-like values were not truncated, the PDCAAS-like value for WPC was not different from DIAAS, but PDCAAS-like values for MPC and SMP were greater (P < 0•05) than DIAAS.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    When PDCAAS-like values were calculated with the original scoring patterns, the first-limiting amino acids were aromatic amino acids for whey proteins, threonine for milk protein concentrate, and sulfur amino acids for skimmed milk powder and soya protein isolate.

    “However, if PDCAAS-like values were calculated using the original scoring patterns (1) , either truncated or not truncated, the first-limiting AA for whey proteins was the aromatic AA and threonine was first limiting in MPC and the sulfur AA were first limiting in SMP and SPI.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [1] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingreasoning

    In wheat, both lysine and tryptophan had lower SID values than threonine.

    “The observation that both lysine and tryptophan in wheat had a lower SID value than threonine”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    For infants, the first-limiting amino acids for DIAAS were aromatic amino acids for whey proteins, tryptophan for milk protein concentrate and pea protein concentrate, threonine for skimmed milk powder, sulfur amino acids for soya protein isolate, leucine for soya flour and lysine for wheat.

    “The first-limiting AA for DIAAS calculated for infants were the aromatic AA for the whey proteins, tryptophan for MPC and PPC, threonine for SMP, the sulfur AA for SPI, leucine for soya flour and lysine for wheat.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    The first-limiting amino acid was tryptophan in pea protein concentrate, while lysine was first limiting in soya flour and wheat.

    “However, the first-limiting AA in PPC was tryptophan, whereas lysine was first limiting in soya flour and wheat.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    PDCAAS-like values calculated for infants were higher than DIAAS for skimmed milk powder, pea protein concentrate, soya protein isolate and wheat, while DIAAS for whey protein isolate tended to be higher than its PDCAAS-like value.

    “Calculated PDCAAS-like values for infants were greater (P < 0•05) than values for DIAAS for SMP, PPC, SPI and wheat, whereas the value for DIAAS for WPI tended (P = 0•062) to be greater than the PDCAAS-like value (Table 7).”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    For DIAAS, the first-limiting amino acid was histidine in whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate, sulfur amino acids in milk protein concentrate, skimmed milk powder, pea protein concentrate, soya protein isolate and soya flour, and lysine in wheat.

    “For values for DIAAS, the first-limiting AA in WPI and WPC was histidine, but for MPC, SMP, PPC, SPI and soya flour, the sulfur AA were first limiting, and lysine was first liming in wheat.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingcitation

    PPC and wheat tested in this experiment had DIAAS values below 75.

    “PPC and wheat tested in this experiment fall into this category.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [8] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    For children older than 3 years, adolescents and adults, PDCAAS-like values for skimmed milk powder, pea protein concentrate and soya protein isolate were higher than DIAAS, and the PDCAAS-like value for soya flour tended to be higher than DIAAS.

    “For children older than 3 years, adolescents and adults, PDCAAS-like values for SMP, PPC and SPI were greater (P < 0•05) than DIAAS, and the PDCAAS-like value for soya flour tended (P = 0•053) to be”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    When PDCAAS-like values were calculated with the same scoring pattern used for DIAAS, values for skimmed milk powder, pea protein concentrate, soya protein isolate, soya flour and wheat were higher than DIAAS, while the value for whey protein isolate was lower than its DIAAS.

    “If PDCAAS-like values were calculated according to the same scoring pattern as DIAAS (8) , PDCAAS-like values for SMP, PPC, SPI, soya flour and wheat were greater (P < 0•05) than values for DIAAS, whereas the PDCAAS-like value for WPI was less (P < 0•05) than the DIAAS for WPI.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [8] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    For infants, the first-limiting amino acid for PDCAAS-like values in skimmed milk powder was tryptophan, but for all other ingredients the first-limiting amino acid for DIAAS was also first limiting for PDCAAS-like values.

    “The first-limiting AA for PDCAAS-like values calculated for infants in SMP was tryptophan, but for all other ingredients, the first-limiting AA in the calculation of DIAAS was also first limiting for PDCAAS-like values.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    With the same scoring pattern for older children or adults, lysine was first limiting in wheat, histidine in whey proteins, and sulfur amino acids in whole milk proteins and soya and pea proteins.

    “with lysine being first limiting in wheat, histidine being first limiting in the whey proteins and the sulfur AA being first limiting in the whole milk proteins and the soya and pea proteins.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    Differences in ileal digestibility among individual amino acids exist in all proteins, with threonine being the least digestible for most proteins.

    “differences in the ileal digestibility among individual AA in all proteins exist with the digestibility of threonine being the least for most proteins.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Findingown data

    PDCAAS-like values calculated from total tract digestibility of crude protein in pigs and DIAAS values for dairy proteins are greater than those for proteins from soyabeans, peas or wheat.

    “PDCAAS-like values calculated from the total tract digestibility of CP in pigs and DIAAS values for dairy proteins are greater than for proteins obtained from soyabeans, peas or wheat.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.

    Premisecitation

    Under the original definition, PDCAAS values are determined in rats.

    “In contrast, PDCAAS values according to the original definition are determined in rats (1) .”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [1] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Premisecitation

    PDCAAS tends to underestimate the value of high-quality proteins and to overestimate the value of low-quality proteins.

    “It was also recently concluded that PDCAAS generally underestimates the value of high-quality proteins and overestimates the value of low-quality proteins (7) .”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [7] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Premisecitation

    The pig is recognised as an appropriate model for estimating crude protein and amino acid digestibility in foods for humans and has been recommended as the preferred model for calculating DIAAS.

    “To calculate DIAAS, it is necessary to determine the digestibility of individual AA at the end of the small intestine (the ileum), and the pig has been recognised as an appropriate model for estimating CP and AA digestibility in foods for humans (8)(9)(10) .”
    • Also stated in: § Discussion · plain
      “It is, therefore, important that the comparison is done within the same animal and because the pig has been recommended as the preferred animal model to calculate DIAAS values (8) , we chose to use the pig to also calculate PDCAAS-like values in this study.”
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    • cites (8)(9)(10)
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  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.

    Study design and conductreasoning

    With nine replicates, the experiment was expected to detect differences in standardised ileal digestibility among ingredients of 2.5 to 4 percentage units, depending on the amino acid.

    “With nine replicates we expected to be able to detect differences in SID values among ingredients of 2•5-4 percentage units (depending on the AA).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it. It may state two separate claims as one.

    Study design and conductnone given

    All pigs stayed healthy throughout the experiment and consumed their diets readily.

    “All pigs remained healthy throughout the experiment and readily consumed their diets.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Premisecitation

    Amino acid digestibility is best measured at the end of the small intestine, the ileum, because amino acids are absorbed only from the small intestine and because hindgut fermentation can alter faecal amino acid excretion.

    “It is, however, recognised that digestibility of AA is most correctly determined at the end of the small intestine (the ileum), because AA are absorbed only from the small intestine and because hindgut fermentation can affect faecal AA excretion (2) .”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [2]
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    Premisecitation

    The FAO now recommends DIAAS as the amino acid evaluation procedure.

    “To avoid the flaws of the PDCAAS procedure, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (8) now recommends an AA evaluation procedure called digestible indispensable amino acid score (DIAAS).”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [8] source
  • Probably not a substantial claim.

    Premisecitation

    Calculating DIAAS requires determining the digestibility of individual amino acids at the end of the small intestine, the ileum.

    “To calculate DIAAS, it is necessary to determine the digestibility of individual AA at the end of the small intestine (the ileum), and the pig has been recognised as an appropriate model for estimating CP and AA digestibility in foods for humans (8)(9)(10) .”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [8] source
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it. It may state two separate claims as one.

    Study design and conductnone given

    Samples were analysed in duplicate, and analyses were repeated when the duplicate values differed by more than 5%.

    “Samples were analysed in duplicate, but analyses were repeated if the analysed values were >5 % apart.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.

    Interpretationcitation

    Mucin in humans may also have a high concentration of threonine.

    “which indicates that mucin in humans also may have a high concentration of threonine (9,10)”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 2 sources checked
    • cites [9] source
    • cites [10] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Premisereasoning

    Diet-specific endogenous losses are not included in N-free diet values and are debited against ingredients when calculating SID values.

    “diet-specific losses are debited against the ingredients in the calculations of SID values.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
    • Rests on an assumption: Diet-specific endogenous losses may occur in addition to basal endogenous losses.
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it. It may state two separate claims as one.

    Interpretationnone given

    All proteins were fed as raw ingredients without the processing they usually undergo before human consumption, and if processing changes protein digestibility, the results may differ.

    “In the present experiment we attempted to do that, but it is acknowledged that all proteins were fed as raw ingredients without the processing that these ingredients most often go through before consumption by humans.If processing changes the digestibility of the protein, results may be different.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.

    Interpretationreasoning

    The wheat used in this experiment may have been heat damaged during drying or grinding.

    “may indicate that the wheat used in this experiment had been heat damaged during drying or grinding.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it. It may state two separate claims as one.

    Premisecitation

    The proposed cut-off values for protein quality assessments were arbitrarily chosen and not based on documented research.

    “the cut-off values for protein quality assessments that were proposed were arbitrarily chosen and not based on documented research (8)”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [8] source
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    Premisecitation

    The composition and digestibility of plant and animal proteins differ, so both types need to be evaluated.

    “However, the composition and digestibility of both of these types of proteins differ (4,19) , and both plant and animal proteins, therefore, need to be evaluated.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 2 sources checked
    • cites [4] source
    • cites [19] source
  • Probably not a substantial claim. It may be too vague to check against evidence. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.

    Interpretationcitation

    Criticism of the originally suggested scoring patterns can be easily overcome by adopting different scoring patterns.

    “criticism related to the scoring patterns that were originally suggested (1) can be easily overcome by adopting different scoring patterns.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [1] source
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.

    Premisecitation

    A later WHO/FAO report suggested scoring patterns for several age groups of children, teenagers and adults.

    “in a later report from WHO/FAO, scoring patterns for several age groups of children, teenagers and adults were suggested (28)”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [28] source
  • Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.

    Interpretationcitation

    Problems associated with truncation can be easily corrected by using untruncated values.

    “the problems associated with truncation can also be easily corrected by using untruncated values (26)”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [26] source
  • It may state two separate claims as one.

    Interpretationcitation

    This inaccuracy will have a greater impact on protein evaluation in developing countries than in developed countries, because foods consumed in many developing countries have lower crude protein digestibility than foods consumed in developed countries.

    “This inaccuracy will have greater impact on evaluation of proteins used in developing countries than in developed countries, because foods typically consumed in many developing countries have lower digestibility of CP than food typically consumed in developed countries (29)”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [29] source
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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    No published DIAAS values for these proteins had been determined in pigs, and it was unknown how DIAAS values determined in pigs compare with PDCAAS-like values determined in pigs.

    “To our knowledge, there are no published values for DIAAS for these proteins that have been determined in pigs and it is not known how values for DIAAS determined in pigs compare with PDCAAS-like values determined in pigs.”
  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    Amino acid digestibility in growing castrated male pigs is representative of values obtained in both male and female humans of all ages.

    “Other limitations of the experiment include the assumption that AA digestibility in growing castrated male pigs are representative of values obtained in both male and female humans of all ages.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Mucin protein is resistant to protease digestion and is included in the endogenous protein fraction that reaches the distal ileum in pigs without being hydrolysed.

    “Mucin protein is resistant to protease digestion, and therefore is included in the endogenous protein fraction that reaches the distal end of the ileum in pigs without being hydrolysed.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    N exchange in the hindgut does not contribute to the amino acid balance in humans and monogastric animals, and amino acids are absorbed only in the small intestine.

    “because N exchange in the hindgut does not contribute to the AA balance in humans and monogastric animals and because AA are absorbed only in the small intestine”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    PPC and wheat are not expected to be used to a great extent in the feeding of infants.

    “these proteins are not expected to be used to a great extent in the feeding of infants.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Endogenous losses are really lost from the body.

    “because endogenous losses are really lost from the body”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Diet-specific endogenous losses may occur in addition to basal endogenous losses.

    “In addition to the basal endogenous losses, diet-specific endogenous losses may also occur”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The major protein in SMP is casein, which has a low concentration of cysteine.

    “The major protein in SMP is casein, which has a low concentration of cysteine”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    For proteins that are not heat damaged, threonine usually has a lower SID value than lysine.

    “which is usually the case for proteins that are not heat damaged.”
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Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

Each contradiction between two passages listed here was confirmed by an independent check.

  • PPC and SPI are misidentified as exceptions to a change in limiting amino acid

    Minor

    The discussion says the original PDCAAS scoring pattern changes the predicted first-limiting amino acid for every protein except SMP, PPC and wheat. Table 6 instead shows a change for PPC (Trp to SAA) and no change for SPI (SAA in both columns).

  • Conflicting claims about threonine digestibility in wheat

    Minor

    The abstract excludes threonine from the amino acids whose digestibility was significantly lower in wheat than in every other ingredient. The Results section says this was true of all indispensable amino acids, which includes threonine.

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Authors
Mathai, J. K., Liu, Y., & Stein, H. H.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Corresponding author
Stein, Hans H.
Venue
British Journal of Nutrition
Published
2017-02-28
Volume
117
Issue
4
Pages
490-499
ISSN
  • 0007-1145 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2662
OpenAlex
W2604266670
Cited by
432
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 57 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 61 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 1
FWCI
24.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • British Journal Of Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Nutrient Composition and Product Development
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Keywords
DIAAS, PDCAAS, protein quality, whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate, skim milk powder, pea protein concentrate, soy protein isolate, soybean flour, whole wheat, plant proteins, milk protein, pigs, children aged 6 to 36 months
MeSH terms
Vegetable Products, Whey Proteins, Amino Acids, Essential, Animals, Child, Preschool, Diet, Dietary Proteins, Digestion, Humans, Ileum, Infant, Male, Milk Proteins, Plant Proteins, Plants, Edible, Seeds, Glycine max, Swine, Triticum, Pisum sativum, Soybean Proteins, Gastrointestinal Tract

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