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Certain foodstuffs, such as [[Egg (food)|egg]]s or [[milk]], rate as 1 on an NPU chart.

Experimentally, this value can be determined by determining [[diet (nutrition)|diet]]ary protein intake and then measuring [[nitrogen]] [[excretion]]. One formula for NPU is:{{cn|date=Nov 9November 2017}}

:NPU = ((0.16 × (24 hour protein intake in grams)) - ((24 hour urinary [[urea]] nitrogen) + 2) - (0.1 × ([[ideal body weight]] in kilograms))) / (0.16 × (24 hour protein intake in grams))

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==References==

*Suzanne Nelson et al. Ad Libitum. H20 NaC{{full|date=November 2017}}

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