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Foods high in Threonine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Egg, white, dried

    3.69 g/ 100 g1.03 g (28 g serving)
  2. 2

    Egg, white, dried

    3.67 g/ 100 g3.92 g (107 g serving)
  3. 3

    Egg, white, dried

    3.63 g/ 100 g3.88 g (107 g serving)
  4. 4

    Egg, white, dried

    3.42 g/ 100 g0.97 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

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

    3.23 g/ 100 g
  6. 6

    Soy protein isolate

    3.14 g/ 100 g0.89 g (28 g serving)
  7. 7

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    3.14 g/ 100 g0.89 g (28 g serving)
  8. 8

    Seaweed, spirulina, dried

    2.97 g/ 100 g3.33 g (112 g serving)
  9. 9

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    2.75 g/ 100 g0.78 g (28 g serving)
  10. 10

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    2.73 g/ 100 g1.23 g (45 g serving)
  11. 11

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction

    2.47 g/ 100 g0.7 g (28 g serving)
  12. 12

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash

    2.47 g/ 100 g0.7 g (28 g serving)
  13. 13

    Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)

    2.47 g/ 100 g
  14. 14

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat

    2.44 g/ 100 g
  15. 15

    Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)

    2.39 g/ 100 g
  16. 16

    Egg, whole, dried

    2.37 g/ 100 g2.01 g (85 g serving)
  17. 17

    Beverages, Protein powder soy based

    2.17 g/ 100 g0.98 g (45 g serving)
  18. 18

    Mollusks, whelk, cooked

    2.14 g/ 100 g1.82 g (85 g serving)
  19. 19

    Egg, whole, dried

    2.13 g/ 100 g1.81 g (85 g serving)
  20. 20

    Seeds, sesame flour

    2.08 g/ 100 g0.59 g (28 g serving)

Why Threonine matters

Threonine 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)1.1 g per day

Best for these diets

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