Foods high in Arginine

Top food sources of the amino acid Arginine, ranked per 100 g and per serving.

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

Rank	Food	Per 100 g	Per serving	% DV	Category
#1	Seeds, sesame flour	7.44 g	2.11 g(28 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#2	Seeds, cottonseed flour	6.73 g	1.91 g(28 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#3	Soy protein isolate	6.67 g	1.89 g(28 g serving)	—	Legumes and Legume Products
#4	Soy protein isolate, potassium type	6.67 g	1.89 g(28 g serving)	—	Legumes and Legume Products
#5	Seeds, cottonseed meal	6.63 g	1.88 g(28 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#6	Gelatins, dry powder	6.62 g	0.46 g(7 g serving)	—	Sweets
#7	Peanut flour, defatted	6.24 g	3.75 g(60 g serving)	—	Legumes and Legume Products
#8	Seeds, sesame flour	5.98 g	1.7 g(28 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#9	Seeds, cottonseed flour	5.53 g	5.2 g(94 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#10	Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried	5.35 g	6.91 g(129 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#11	Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted	5.28 g	6.24 g(118 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#12	Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted	5.28 g	6.24 g(118 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#13	Seeds, sunflower seed flour	5.07 g	3.24 g(64 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#14	Mollusks, whelk, cooked	4.94 g	4.2 g(85 g serving)	—	Finfish and Shellfish Products
#15	Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried	4.9 g	5.29 g(108 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#16	Egg, white, dried	4.89 g	5.23 g(107 g serving)	—	Dairy and Egg Products
#17	Nuts, butternuts, dried	4.86 g	5.83 g(120 g serving)	—	Nut and Seed Products
#18	Snacks, pork skins	4.84 g	1.37 g(28 g serving)	—	Snacks
#19	Egg, white, dried	4.81 g	5.15 g(107 g serving)	—	Dairy and Egg Products
#20	Gelatin desserts, dry mix	4.78 g	0.43 g(9 g serving)	—	Sweets

Why Arginine matters

Arginine is an essential amino acid. It appears naturally in a range of whole foods and is catalogued by USDA FoodData Central with per-100 g values for thousands of ingredients. The ranked list above surfaces the highest-density food sources in the USDA dataset.

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Showing top 20 foods

Seeds, sesame flour

Seeds, cottonseed flour

Soy protein isolate

Soy protein isolate, potassium type

Seeds, cottonseed meal

Gelatins, dry powder

Peanut flour, defatted

Seeds, sesame flour

Seeds, cottonseed flour

Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried

Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted

Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted

Seeds, sunflower seed flour

Mollusks, whelk, cooked

Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried

Egg, white, dried

Nuts, butternuts, dried

Snacks, pork skins