Foods high in Phenylalanine
Top food sources of the amino acid Phenylalanine, ranked per 100 g and per serving.
Showing top 20 foods
Per 100 g: g
- 1
Egg, white, dried
5,18 g/ 100 g5,54 g (107 g serving) - 2
Egg, white, dried
5,13 g/ 100 g5,49 g (107 g serving) - 3
Egg, white, dried
4,84 g/ 100 g1,37 g (28 g serving) - 4
Egg, white, dried
4,74 g/ 100 g1,33 g (28 g serving) - 5
Soy protein isolate
4,59 g/ 100 g1,3 g (28 g serving) - 6
Soy protein isolate, potassium type
4,59 g/ 100 g1,3 g (28 g serving) - 7
Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction
3,28 g/ 100 g0,93 g (28 g serving) - 8
Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash
3,28 g/ 100 g0,93 g (28 g serving) - 9
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried (Alaska Native)
3,28 g/ 100 g - 10
Seeds, cottonseed flour
3,1 g/ 100 g0,88 g (28 g serving) - 11
Seeds, cottonseed meal
3,06 g/ 100 g0,87 g (28 g serving) - 12
Beverages, Protein powder soy based
2,96 g/ 100 g1,33 g (45 g serving) - 13
Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)
2,95 g/ 100 g1,33 g (45 g serving) - 14
Flour, soy
2,86 g/ 100 g - 15
Seaweed, spirulina, dried
2,78 g/ 100 g3,11 g (112 g serving) - 16
Egg, whole, dried
2,72 g/ 100 g2,31 g (85 g serving) - 17
Peanut flour, defatted
2,71 g/ 100 g1,62 g (60 g serving) - 18
Seeds, sesame flour
2,66 g/ 100 g0,75 g (28 g serving) - 19
Seeds, cottonseed flour
2,55 g/ 100 g2,4 g (94 g serving) - 20
Egg, whole, dried
2,53 g/ 100 g2,15 g (85 g serving)
Why Phenylalanine matters
Phenylalanine 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) | 1.7 g per day |
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