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. 1

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    3 g/ 100 g1,35 g (45 g serving)
  2. 2

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

    2,95 g/ 100 g
  3. 3

    Soy protein isolate

    2,3 g/ 100 g0,65 g (28 g serving)
  4. 4

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    2,3 g/ 100 g0,65 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat

    2,23 g/ 100 g
  6. 6

    Egg, white, dried

    2,05 g/ 100 g2,19 g (107 g serving)
  7. 7

    Egg, white, dried

    1,87 g/ 100 g2 g (107 g serving)
  8. 8

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    1,85 g/ 100 g0,52 g (28 g serving)
  9. 9

    Egg, white, dried

    1,83 g/ 100 g0,51 g (28 g serving)
  10. 10

    Egg, white, dried

    1,75 g/ 100 g0,5 g (28 g serving)
  11. 11

    Cheese, parmesan

    1,61 g/ 100 g0,08 g (5 g serving)
  12. 12

    Pork, cured, cooked

    1,59 g/ 100 g0,14 g (9 g serving)
  13. 13

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction

    1,58 g/ 100 g0,45 g (28 g serving)
  14. 14

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash

    1,58 g/ 100 g0,45 g (28 g serving)
  15. 15

    Seeds, cottonseed flour

    1,57 g/ 100 g0,45 g (28 g serving)
  16. 16

    Seeds, cottonseed meal

    1,55 g/ 100 g0,44 g (28 g serving)
  17. 17

    Beverages, Protein powder soy based

    1,51 g/ 100 g0,68 g (45 g serving)
  18. 18

    Game meat, deer, roasted

    1,49 g/ 100 g1,27 g (85 g serving)
  19. 19

    Seeds, sesame flour

    1,48 g/ 100 g0,42 g (28 g serving)
  20. 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

Best for these diets

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Scenarios that emphasize Histidine

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