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
Egg, white, dried
3,69 g/ 100 g1,03 g (28 g serving) - 2
Egg, white, dried
3,67 g/ 100 g3,92 g (107 g serving) - 3
Egg, white, dried
3,63 g/ 100 g3,88 g (107 g serving) - 4
Egg, white, dried
3,42 g/ 100 g0,97 g (28 g serving) - 5
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried (Alaska Native)
3,23 g/ 100 g - 6
Soy protein isolate
3,14 g/ 100 g0,89 g (28 g serving) - 7
Soy protein isolate, potassium type
3,14 g/ 100 g0,89 g (28 g serving) - 8
Seaweed, spirulina, dried
2,97 g/ 100 g3,33 g (112 g serving) - 9
Fish, cod, dried and salted
2,75 g/ 100 g0,78 g (28 g serving) - 10
Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)
2,73 g/ 100 g1,23 g (45 g serving) - 11
Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction
2,47 g/ 100 g0,7 g (28 g serving) - 12
Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash
2,47 g/ 100 g0,7 g (28 g serving) - 13
Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)
2,47 g/ 100 g - 14
Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat
2,44 g/ 100 g - 15
Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)
2,39 g/ 100 g - 16
Egg, whole, dried
2,37 g/ 100 g2,01 g (85 g serving) - 17
Beverages, Protein powder soy based
2,17 g/ 100 g0,98 g (45 g serving) - 18
Mollusks, whelk, cooked
2,14 g/ 100 g1,82 g (85 g serving) - 19
Egg, whole, dried
2,13 g/ 100 g1,81 g (85 g serving) - 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 |
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