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Foods high in Methionine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Egg, white, dried

    3.2 g/ 100 g3.43 g (107 g serving)
  2. 2

    Egg, white, dried

    2.99 g/ 100 g3.2 g (107 g serving)
  3. 3

    Egg, white, dried

    2.99 g/ 100 g0.85 g (28 g serving)
  4. 4

    Egg, white, dried

    2.79 g/ 100 g0.78 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    1.86 g/ 100 g0.53 g (28 g serving)
  6. 6

    Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)

    1.74 g/ 100 g
  7. 7

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

    1.68 g/ 100 g
  8. 8

    Seeds, sesame flour

    1.66 g/ 100 g0.47 g (28 g serving)
  9. 9

    Egg, whole, dried

    1.56 g/ 100 g1.32 g (85 g serving)
  10. 10

    Egg, whole, dried

    1.5 g/ 100 g1.27 g (85 g serving)
  11. 11

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    1.35 g/ 100 g0.61 g (45 g serving)
  12. 12

    Seeds, sesame flour

    1.33 g/ 100 g0.38 g (28 g serving)
  13. 13

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat

    1.27 g/ 100 g
  14. 14

    Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)

    1.24 g/ 100 g
  15. 15

    Mollusks, whelk, cooked

    1.21 g/ 100 g1.02 g (85 g serving)
  16. 16

    Seaweed, spirulina, dried

    1.15 g/ 100 g1.29 g (112 g serving)
  17. 17

    Beef, New Zealand, brisket point end, braised

    1.14 g/ 100 g0.97 g (85 g serving)
  18. 18

    Soy protein isolate

    1.13 g/ 100 g0.32 g (28 g serving)
  19. 19

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    1.13 g/ 100 g0.32 g (28 g serving)
  20. 20

    Nuts, brazilnuts, dried

    1.12 g/ 100 g1.5 g (133 g serving)

Why Methionine matters

Methionine 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)1 g per day

Best for these diets

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Scenarios that emphasize Methionine

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