ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III INDISPENSABLE AND CONDITIONALLY INDISPENSABLE AMINO ACIDS IN BREAST MILK For the purposes of point 2 of Annexes I and II, breast milk shall be used as reference protein as set out in Sections A and B of this Annex, respectively. A. Infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from cows' milk or goats' milk proteins and infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from soya protein isolates, alone or in a mixture with cows' milk or goats' milk proteins For the purposes of points 2.1 and 2.2 of Annexes I and II, the indispensable and conditionally indispensable amino acids in breast milk, expressed in mg per 100 kJ and 100 kcal, are the following: Per 100 kJ ( 1 ) Per 100 kcal Cysteine 9 38 Histidine 10 40 Isoleucine 22 90 Leucine 40 166 Lysine 27 113 Methionine 5 23 Phenylalanine 20 83 Threonine 18 77 Tryptophan 8 32 Tyrosine 18 76 Valine 21 88 B. Infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates For the purposes of point 2.3 of Annexes I and II, the indispensable and conditionally indispensable amino acids in breast milk, expressed in mg per 100 kJ and 100 kcal, are the following: Per 100 kJ ( 2 ) Per 100 kcal Arginine 16 69 Cysteine 6 24 Histidine 11 45 Isoleucine 17 72 Leucine 37 156 Lysine 29 122 Methionine 7 29 Phenylalanine 15 62 Threonine 19 80 Tryptophan 7 30 Tyrosine 14 59 Valine 19 80 ( 1 ) 1 kJ = 0,239 kcal. ( 2 ) 1 kJ = 0,239 kcal.