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
Seeds, sesame flour
7,44 g/ 100 g2,11 g (28 g serving) - 2
Seeds, cottonseed flour
6,73 g/ 100 g1,91 g (28 g serving) - 3
Soy protein isolate
6,67 g/ 100 g1,89 g (28 g serving) - 4
Soy protein isolate, potassium type
6,67 g/ 100 g1,89 g (28 g serving) - 5
Seeds, cottonseed meal
6,63 g/ 100 g1,88 g (28 g serving) - 6
Gelatins, dry powder
6,62 g/ 100 g0,46 g (7 g serving) - 7
Peanut flour, defatted
6,24 g/ 100 g3,75 g (60 g serving) - 8
Seeds, sesame flour
5,98 g/ 100 g1,7 g (28 g serving) - 9
Seeds, cottonseed flour
5,53 g/ 100 g5,2 g (94 g serving) - 10
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried
5,35 g/ 100 g6,91 g (129 g serving) - 11
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted
5,28 g/ 100 g6,24 g (118 g serving) - 12
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted
5,28 g/ 100 g6,24 g (118 g serving) - 13
Seeds, sunflower seed flour
5,07 g/ 100 g3,24 g (64 g serving) - 14
Mollusks, whelk, cooked
4,94 g/ 100 g4,2 g (85 g serving) - 15
Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried
4,9 g/ 100 g5,29 g (108 g serving) - 16
Egg, white, dried
4,89 g/ 100 g5,23 g (107 g serving) - 17
Nuts, butternuts, dried
4,86 g/ 100 g5,83 g (120 g serving) - 18
Snacks, pork skins
4,84 g/ 100 g1,37 g (28 g serving) - 19
Egg, white, dried
4,81 g/ 100 g5,15 g (107 g serving) - 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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