Foods high in Threonine

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

Showing top 20 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Egg, white, dried

    3,69 g/ 100 g1,03 g (28 g serving)
  2. 2

    Egg, white, dried

    3,67 g/ 100 g3,92 g (107 g serving)
  3. 3

    Egg, white, dried

    3,63 g/ 100 g3,88 g (107 g serving)
  4. 4

    Egg, white, dried

    3,42 g/ 100 g0,97 g (28 g serving)
  5. 5

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

    3,23 g/ 100 g
  6. 6

    Soy protein isolate

    3,14 g/ 100 g0,89 g (28 g serving)
  7. 7

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    3,14 g/ 100 g0,89 g (28 g serving)
  8. 8

    Seaweed, spirulina, dried

    2,97 g/ 100 g3,33 g (112 g serving)
  9. 9

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    2,75 g/ 100 g0,78 g (28 g serving)
  10. 10

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    2,73 g/ 100 g1,23 g (45 g serving)
  11. 11

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction

    2,47 g/ 100 g0,7 g (28 g serving)
  12. 12

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash

    2,47 g/ 100 g0,7 g (28 g serving)
  13. 13

    Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)

    2,47 g/ 100 g
  14. 14

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat

    2,44 g/ 100 g
  15. 15

    Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)

    2,39 g/ 100 g
  16. 16

    Egg, whole, dried

    2,37 g/ 100 g2,01 g (85 g serving)
  17. 17

    Beverages, Protein powder soy based

    2,17 g/ 100 g0,98 g (45 g serving)
  18. 18

    Mollusks, whelk, cooked

    2,14 g/ 100 g1,82 g (85 g serving)
  19. 19

    Egg, whole, dried

    2,13 g/ 100 g1,81 g (85 g serving)
  20. 20

    Seeds, sesame flour

    2,08 g/ 100 g0,59 g (28 g serving)

Why Threonine matters

Threonine 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)1.1 g per day

Best for these diets

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