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Foods high in Valine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Egg, white, dried

    6.17 g/ 100 g6.6 g (107 g serving)
  2. 2

    Egg, white, dried

    5.76 g/ 100 g1.63 g (28 g serving)
  3. 3

    Egg, white, dried

    5.73 g/ 100 g6.13 g (107 g serving)
  4. 4

    Egg, white, dried

    5.16 g/ 100 g1.45 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

    Soy protein isolate

    4.1 g/ 100 g1.16 g (28 g serving)
  6. 6

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    4.1 g/ 100 g1.16 g (28 g serving)
  7. 7

    Seaweed, spirulina, dried

    3.51 g/ 100 g3.93 g (112 g serving)
  8. 8

    Egg, whole, dried

    3.47 g/ 100 g2.95 g (85 g serving)
  9. 9

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    3.24 g/ 100 g0.92 g (28 g serving)
  10. 10

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

    3.23 g/ 100 g
  11. 11

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction

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

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash

    3.06 g/ 100 g0.87 g (28 g serving)
  13. 13

    Egg, whole, dried

    2.99 g/ 100 g2.54 g (85 g serving)
  14. 14

    CRACKER BARREL, grilled sirloin steak

    2.89 g/ 100 g4.36 g (151 g serving)
  15. 15

    Cheese, parmesan

    2.85 g/ 100 g0.14 g (5 g serving)
  16. 16

    Beverages, Protein powder soy based

    2.83 g/ 100 g1.27 g (45 g serving)
  17. 17

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    2.81 g/ 100 g1.27 g (45 g serving)
  18. 18

    Seeds, sesame flour

    2.8 g/ 100 g0.79 g (28 g serving)
  19. 19

    Seeds, sunflower seed flour

    2.78 g/ 100 g1.78 g (64 g serving)
  20. 20

    Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)

    2.66 g/ 100 g

Why Valine matters

Valine 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)1.8 g per day

Best for these diets

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