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
Egg, white, dried
3,2 g/ 100 g3,43 g (107 g serving) - 2
Egg, white, dried
2,99 g/ 100 g3,2 g (107 g serving) - 3
Egg, white, dried
2,99 g/ 100 g0,85 g (28 g serving) - 4
Egg, white, dried
2,79 g/ 100 g0,78 g (28 g serving) - 5
Fish, cod, dried and salted
1,86 g/ 100 g0,53 g (28 g serving) - 6
Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)
1,74 g/ 100 g - 7
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried (Alaska Native)
1,68 g/ 100 g - 8
Seeds, sesame flour
1,66 g/ 100 g0,47 g (28 g serving) - 9
Egg, whole, dried
1,56 g/ 100 g1,32 g (85 g serving) - 10
Egg, whole, dried
1,5 g/ 100 g1,27 g (85 g serving) - 11
Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)
1,35 g/ 100 g0,61 g (45 g serving) - 12
Seeds, sesame flour
1,33 g/ 100 g0,38 g (28 g serving) - 13
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat
1,27 g/ 100 g - 14
Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)
1,24 g/ 100 g - 15
Mollusks, whelk, cooked
1,21 g/ 100 g1,02 g (85 g serving) - 16
Seaweed, spirulina, dried
1,15 g/ 100 g1,29 g (112 g serving) - 17
Beef, New Zealand, brisket point end, braised
1,14 g/ 100 g0,97 g (85 g serving) - 18
Soy protein isolate
1,13 g/ 100 g0,32 g (28 g serving) - 19
Soy protein isolate, potassium type
1,13 g/ 100 g0,32 g (28 g serving) - 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 |
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Best for these diets
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