Foods high in Methionine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Egg, white, dried

    3,2 g/ 100 g3,43 g (107 g serving)
  2. 2

    Egg, white, dried

    2,99 g/ 100 g3,2 g (107 g serving)
  3. 3

    Egg, white, dried

    2,99 g/ 100 g0,85 g (28 g serving)
  4. 4

    Egg, white, dried

    2,79 g/ 100 g0,78 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    1,86 g/ 100 g0,53 g (28 g serving)
  6. 6

    Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)

    1,74 g/ 100 g
  7. 7

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

    1,68 g/ 100 g
  8. 8

    Seeds, sesame flour

    1,66 g/ 100 g0,47 g (28 g serving)
  9. 9

    Egg, whole, dried

    1,56 g/ 100 g1,32 g (85 g serving)
  10. 10

    Egg, whole, dried

    1,5 g/ 100 g1,27 g (85 g serving)
  11. 11

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    1,35 g/ 100 g0,61 g (45 g serving)
  12. 12

    Seeds, sesame flour

    1,33 g/ 100 g0,38 g (28 g serving)
  13. 13

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat

    1,27 g/ 100 g
  14. 14

    Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)

    1,24 g/ 100 g
  15. 15

    Mollusks, whelk, cooked

    1,21 g/ 100 g1,02 g (85 g serving)
  16. 16

    Seaweed, spirulina, dried

    1,15 g/ 100 g1,29 g (112 g serving)
  17. 17

    Beef, New Zealand, brisket point end, braised

    1,14 g/ 100 g0,97 g (85 g serving)
  18. 18

    Soy protein isolate

    1,13 g/ 100 g0,32 g (28 g serving)
  19. 19

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    1,13 g/ 100 g0,32 g (28 g serving)
  20. 20

    Nuts, brazilnuts, dried

    1,12 g/ 100 g1,5 g (133 g serving)

Why Methionine matters

Methionine 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 g per day

Best for these diets

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Scenarios that emphasize Methionine

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