Foods high in Isoleucine
Top food sources of the amino acid Isoleucine, ranked per 100 g and per serving.
Showing top 20 foods
Per 100 g: g
- 1
Egg, white, dried
5,02 g/ 100 g5,38 g (107 g serving) - 2
Egg, white, dried
4,69 g/ 100 g1,33 g (28 g serving) - 3
Egg, white, dried
4,58 g/ 100 g1,28 g (28 g serving) - 4
Egg, white, dried
4,41 g/ 100 g4,72 g (107 g serving) - 5
Soy protein isolate
4,25 g/ 100 g1,21 g (28 g serving) - 6
Soy protein isolate, potassium type
4,25 g/ 100 g1,21 g (28 g serving) - 7
Seaweed, spirulina, dried
3,21 g/ 100 g3,59 g (112 g serving) - 8
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried (Alaska Native)
3,13 g/ 100 g - 9
Egg, whole, dried
3,01 g/ 100 g2,56 g (85 g serving) - 10
Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction
2,94 g/ 100 g0,83 g (28 g serving) - 11
Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash
2,94 g/ 100 g0,83 g (28 g serving) - 12
Fish, cod, dried and salted
2,9 g/ 100 g0,82 g (28 g serving) - 13
Beverages, Protein powder soy based
2,76 g/ 100 g1,24 g (45 g serving) - 14
Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)
2,68 g/ 100 g1,21 g (45 g serving) - 15
Egg, whole, dried
2,43 g/ 100 g2,07 g (85 g serving) - 16
Seeds, sunflower seed flour
2,4 g/ 100 g1,54 g (64 g serving) - 17
Tofu, dried-frozen (koyadofu)
2,38 g/ 100 g0,4 g (17 g serving) - 18
Tofu, dried-frozen (koyadofu)
2,38 g/ 100 g0,4 g (17 g serving) - 19
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat
2,37 g/ 100 g - 20
Flour, soy
2,31 g/ 100 g
Why Isoleucine matters
Isoleucine 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) | 1.4 g per day |
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