Biological Value of any food is defined as the rate of absorption of protein from that food into the body. It is a value to determine how readily the broken down protein is absorbed by the body for protein synthesis.
It is a measure of the amount of nitrogen incorporated by the body:
The values below are from Wikipedia.com and generally considered standard:
If 100 defines 100% nitrogen used, then the BV of various foods are:
Whey : 96
Whole Soy bean: 96
Human Milk : 95
Chicken Egg : 95
Soybean Milk: 91
Cow Milk : 90
Cheese : 84
Fish : 76
Beef : 74
It is a measure of the amount of nitrogen incorporated by the body:
The values below are from Wikipedia.com and generally considered standard:
If 100 defines 100% nitrogen used, then the BV of various foods are:
Whey : 96
Whole Soy bean: 96
Human Milk : 95
Chicken Egg : 95
Soybean Milk: 91
Cow Milk : 90
Cheese : 84
Fish : 76
Beef : 74
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