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Foods high in Phenylalanine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Egg, white, dried

    5.18 g/ 100 g5.54 g (107 g serving)
  2. 2

    Egg, white, dried

    5.13 g/ 100 g5.49 g (107 g serving)
  3. 3

    Egg, white, dried

    4.84 g/ 100 g1.37 g (28 g serving)
  4. 4

    Egg, white, dried

    4.74 g/ 100 g1.33 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

    Soy protein isolate

    4.59 g/ 100 g1.3 g (28 g serving)
  6. 6

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    4.59 g/ 100 g1.3 g (28 g serving)
  7. 7

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction

    3.28 g/ 100 g0.93 g (28 g serving)
  8. 8

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash

    3.28 g/ 100 g0.93 g (28 g serving)
  9. 9

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

    3.28 g/ 100 g
  10. 10

    Seeds, cottonseed flour

    3.1 g/ 100 g0.88 g (28 g serving)
  11. 11

    Seeds, cottonseed meal

    3.06 g/ 100 g0.87 g (28 g serving)
  12. 12

    Beverages, Protein powder soy based

    2.96 g/ 100 g1.33 g (45 g serving)
  13. 13

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    2.95 g/ 100 g1.33 g (45 g serving)
  14. 14

    Flour, soy

    2.86 g/ 100 g
  15. 15

    Seaweed, spirulina, dried

    2.78 g/ 100 g3.11 g (112 g serving)
  16. 16

    Egg, whole, dried

    2.72 g/ 100 g2.31 g (85 g serving)
  17. 17

    Peanut flour, defatted

    2.71 g/ 100 g1.62 g (60 g serving)
  18. 18

    Seeds, sesame flour

    2.66 g/ 100 g0.75 g (28 g serving)
  19. 19

    Seeds, cottonseed flour

    2.55 g/ 100 g2.4 g (94 g serving)
  20. 20

    Egg, whole, dried

    2.53 g/ 100 g2.15 g (85 g serving)

Why Phenylalanine matters

Phenylalanine 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)1.7 g per day

Best for these diets

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