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Foods high in Histidine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    3 g/ 100 g1.35 g (45 g serving)
  2. 2

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    2.95 g/ 100 g
  3. 3

    Soy protein isolate

    2.3 g/ 100 g0.65 g (28 g serving)
  4. 4

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    2.3 g/ 100 g0.65 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat

    2.23 g/ 100 g
  6. 6

    Egg, white, dried

    2.05 g/ 100 g2.19 g (107 g serving)
  7. 7

    Egg, white, dried

    1.87 g/ 100 g2 g (107 g serving)
  8. 8

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    1.85 g/ 100 g0.52 g (28 g serving)
  9. 9

    Egg, white, dried

    1.83 g/ 100 g0.51 g (28 g serving)
  10. 10

    Egg, white, dried

    1.75 g/ 100 g0.5 g (28 g serving)
  11. 11

    Cheese, parmesan

    1.61 g/ 100 g0.08 g (5 g serving)
  12. 12

    Pork, cured, cooked

    1.59 g/ 100 g0.14 g (9 g serving)
  13. 13

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction

    1.58 g/ 100 g0.45 g (28 g serving)
  14. 14

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash

    1.58 g/ 100 g0.45 g (28 g serving)
  15. 15

    Seeds, cottonseed flour

    1.57 g/ 100 g0.45 g (28 g serving)
  16. 16

    Seeds, cottonseed meal

    1.55 g/ 100 g0.44 g (28 g serving)
  17. 17

    Beverages, Protein powder soy based

    1.51 g/ 100 g0.68 g (45 g serving)
  18. 18

    Game meat, deer, roasted

    1.49 g/ 100 g1.27 g (85 g serving)
  19. 19

    Seeds, sesame flour

    1.48 g/ 100 g0.42 g (28 g serving)
  20. 20

    Game meat, boar, roasted

    1.44 g/ 100 g1.22 g (85 g serving)

Why Histidine matters

Histidine 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.

Daily intake reference

Adult Daily Value (DV)0.7 g per day

Best for these diets

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Scenarios that emphasize Histidine

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