Foods high in Arginine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Seeds, sesame flour

    7,44 g/ 100 g2,11 g (28 g serving)
  2. 2

    Seeds, cottonseed flour

    6,73 g/ 100 g1,91 g (28 g serving)
  3. 3

    Soy protein isolate

    6,67 g/ 100 g1,89 g (28 g serving)
  4. 4

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    6,67 g/ 100 g1,89 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

    Seeds, cottonseed meal

    6,63 g/ 100 g1,88 g (28 g serving)
  6. 6

    Gelatins, dry powder

    6,62 g/ 100 g0,46 g (7 g serving)
  7. 7

    Peanut flour, defatted

    6,24 g/ 100 g3,75 g (60 g serving)
  8. 8

    Seeds, sesame flour

    5,98 g/ 100 g1,7 g (28 g serving)
  9. 9

    Seeds, cottonseed flour

    5,53 g/ 100 g5,2 g (94 g serving)
  10. 10

    Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried

    5,35 g/ 100 g6,91 g (129 g serving)
  11. 11

    Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted

    5,28 g/ 100 g6,24 g (118 g serving)
  12. 12

    Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted

    5,28 g/ 100 g6,24 g (118 g serving)
  13. 13

    Seeds, sunflower seed flour

    5,07 g/ 100 g3,24 g (64 g serving)
  14. 14

    Mollusks, whelk, cooked

    4,94 g/ 100 g4,2 g (85 g serving)
  15. 15

    Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried

    4,9 g/ 100 g5,29 g (108 g serving)
  16. 16

    Egg, white, dried

    4,89 g/ 100 g5,23 g (107 g serving)
  17. 17

    Nuts, butternuts, dried

    4,86 g/ 100 g5,83 g (120 g serving)
  18. 18

    Snacks, pork skins

    4,84 g/ 100 g1,37 g (28 g serving)
  19. 19

    Egg, white, dried

    4,81 g/ 100 g5,15 g (107 g serving)
  20. 20

    Gelatin desserts, dry mix

    4,78 g/ 100 g0,43 g (9 g serving)

Why Arginine matters

Arginine 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.

Best for these diets

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