Foods high in Histidine
Top food sources of the amino acid Histidine, ranked per 100 g and per serving.
Showing top 20 foods
Per 100 g: g
- 1
Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)
3 g/ 100 g1,35 g (45 g serving) - 2
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried (Alaska Native)
2,95 g/ 100 g - 3
Soy protein isolate
2,3 g/ 100 g0,65 g (28 g serving) - 4
Soy protein isolate, potassium type
2,3 g/ 100 g0,65 g (28 g serving) - 5
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat
2,23 g/ 100 g - 6
Egg, white, dried
2,05 g/ 100 g2,19 g (107 g serving) - 7
Egg, white, dried
1,87 g/ 100 g2 g (107 g serving) - 8
Fish, cod, dried and salted
1,85 g/ 100 g0,52 g (28 g serving) - 9
Egg, white, dried
1,83 g/ 100 g0,51 g (28 g serving) - 10
Egg, white, dried
1,75 g/ 100 g0,5 g (28 g serving) - 11
Cheese, parmesan
1,61 g/ 100 g0,08 g (5 g serving) - 12
Pork, cured, cooked
1,59 g/ 100 g0,14 g (9 g serving) - 13
Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction
1,58 g/ 100 g0,45 g (28 g serving) - 14
Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash
1,58 g/ 100 g0,45 g (28 g serving) - 15
Seeds, cottonseed flour
1,57 g/ 100 g0,45 g (28 g serving) - 16
Seeds, cottonseed meal
1,55 g/ 100 g0,44 g (28 g serving) - 17
Beverages, Protein powder soy based
1,51 g/ 100 g0,68 g (45 g serving) - 18
Game meat, deer, roasted
1,49 g/ 100 g1,27 g (85 g serving) - 19
Seeds, sesame flour
1,48 g/ 100 g0,42 g (28 g serving) - 20
Game meat, boar, roasted
1,44 g/ 100 g1,22 g (85 g serving)
Why Histidine matters
Histidine 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) | 0.7 g per day |
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Best for these diets
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