Social & Preventive Medicine Nutrition and health 94b4e879

Protein efficiency ratio is -

Gain weight per unit of protein consumed

Product of digestibility coefficient and biological value divided by 100

Percentage of nitrogen retained out of the nitrogen absorbed

Percentage of protein absorbed after digestion

High-Yield Explanation

Protein efficiency ratio (PER) is based on the weight gain of a test subject divided by its intake of a paicular food protein during the test period. From 1919, until very recently, the PET has been a widely used method for evaluating the quality of protein in food Ref: Dictionary of public Health, Dr. Jugal Kishore Pgno : 423-424

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