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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 50 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)
  21. 21

    Cheese, parmesan

    1.11 g/ 100 g0.06 g (5 g serving)
  22. 22

    Beef, New Zealand, cooked

    1.1 g/ 100 g0.94 g (85 g serving)
  23. 23

    Beef, New Zealand, braised

    1.09 g/ 100 g0.93 g (85 g serving)
  24. 24

    Lamb, New Zealand, fore-shank, braised

    1.09 g/ 100 g0.92 g (85 g serving)
  25. 25

    Pork, cured, cooked

    1.07 g/ 100 g0.1 g (9 g serving)
  26. 26

    Lamb, New Zealand, hind-shank, braised

    1.06 g/ 100 g0.9 g (85 g serving)
  27. 27

    Beef, New Zealand, chuck eye roll, raw

    1.06 g/ 100 g1.19 g (113 g serving)
  28. 28

    Beef, New Zealand, chuck eye roll, braised

    1.06 g/ 100 g0.9 g (85 g serving)
  29. 29

    Beef, New Zealand, brisket point end, braised

    1.05 g/ 100 g0.89 g (85 g serving)
  30. 30

    Beef, New Zealand, braised

    1.05 g/ 100 g0.89 g (85 g serving)
  31. 31

    Seeds, sunflower seed flour

    1.04 g/ 100 g0.67 g (64 g serving)
  32. 32

    Beef, New Zealand, heart, boiled

    1.03 g/ 100 g0.88 g (85 g serving)
  33. 33

    Beef, New Zealand, cooked

    1.03 g/ 100 g0.88 g (85 g serving)
  34. 34

    Beef, New Zealand, braised

    1.03 g/ 100 g0.87 g (85 g serving)
  35. 35

    Lamb, New Zealand, neck chops, braised

    1.02 g/ 100 g0.87 g (85 g serving)
  36. 36

    Seeds, sesame flour

    1.02 g/ 100 g0.29 g (28 g serving)
  37. 37

    Lamb, New Zealand, square-cut shoulder chops, braised

    1.01 g/ 100 g0.86 g (85 g serving)
  38. 38

    Beef, New Zealand, flank, braised

    1.01 g/ 100 g0.86 g (85 g serving)
  39. 39

    Elk, free range, eye of round, cooked (Shoshone Bannock)

    1 g/ 100 g
  40. 40

    Beef, New Zealand, rump centre, cooked

    0.99 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  41. 41

    Beef, New Zealand, flank, braised

    0.99 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  42. 42

    Lamb, New Zealand, fore-shank, braised

    0.99 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  43. 43

    Beef, New Zealand, cooked

    0.99 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  44. 44

    Beef, top round roast, roasted

    0.99 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  45. 45

    Beef, New Zealand, rump centre, cooked

    0.99 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  46. 46

    Beef, New Zealand, chuck eye roll, raw

    0.99 g/ 100 g1.11 g (113 g serving)
  47. 47

    Beef, New Zealand, chuck eye roll, braised

    0.98 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  48. 48

    Beef, New Zealand, braised

    0.98 g/ 100 g0.84 g (85 g serving)
  49. 49

    Beef, eye of round roast, roasted

    0.98 g/ 100 g0.83 g (85 g serving)
  50. 50

    Beef, New Zealand, braised

    0.98 g/ 100 g0.83 g (85 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

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