Most pork meats like prosciutto, ribs, and bratwurst are great sources of high-quality protein for people over 6 months old, but chorizo might not be quite enough for kids under 3 because it's low in certain important amino acids.

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Pork cuts, hams, and sausages have digestible indispensable amino acid scores (DIAAS) close to or over 100

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The study tested different pork meats and found they are all high-quality proteins, just like the claim says, except chorizo is slightly lower for young kids.

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Pork cuts, hams, and sausages have digestible indispensable amino acid scores (DIAAS) close to or over 100

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DOI: 10.1002/jsf2.215

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Prosciutto gives your body more of the essential building-block proteins it needs than other pork products, for both young kids and older people.

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Pork cuts like tenderloin and coppa give your body better-quality protein than other types like ribs, shoulder, or sausages, based on how well your body can use the amino acids in them.

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Chorizo doesn't have enough of certain important amino acids for little kids under 3, so even though it's close, its protein quality just misses the 'excellent' rating.

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