Yeah, amino acids are ubiquitous in most foods, this chart shows the relative proportions [0], where Aspartic Acid falls under the the cyan "Asp/N" segments. A

Yeah, amino acids are ubiquitous in most foods, this chart shows the relative proportions [0], where Aspartic Acid falls under the the cyan "Asp/N" segments. Aspartic acid is "non-essential", meaning we don't require it in our diets, since our cells are quite capable of synthesizing the quantities needed by using other building-blocks. So it shouldn't be weird to see it them using it for a variety of purposes. [0] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Proportions-of-amino-acids-in-selected-foods-across-food-groups-Amino-acids-are-grouped_fig1_331560091 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Proportions-of-amino-aci...