Foods high in alanine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 3.8 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,827 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products3.1 g
3. 3Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
4. 4Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
5. 5Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
6. 6Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
7. 7Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
8. 8Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
9. 9Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
10. 10Canned light tuna in oil, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
11. 11European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
12. 12Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
13. 13Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
14. 14Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
15. 15Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
16. 16Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
17. 17Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
18. 18Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
19. 19Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
20. 20White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
21. 21Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
22. 22Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
23. 23Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
24. 24King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
25. 25Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
26. 26Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
27. 27Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
28. 28Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
29. 29Raw whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
30. 30Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
31. 31Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
32. 32Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
33. 33Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
34. 34Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
35. 35Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
36. 36Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
37. 37Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
38. 38Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
39. 39Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
40. 40Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
41. 41Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
42. 42Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
43. 43Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
44. 44Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
45. 45Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
46. 46Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
47. 47Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
48. 48Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
49. 49Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
50. 50Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
51. 51Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
52. 52Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
53. 53Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
54. 54Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
55. 55Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
56. 56Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
57. 57Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
58. 58Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
59. 59Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
60. 60Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
61. 61Cooked blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
62. 62Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
63. 63Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
64. 64Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
65. 65Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
66. 66Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
67. 67Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
68. 68Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
69. 69Fish roe, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
70. 70White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
71. 71Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
72. 72Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
73. 73Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
74. 74Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
75. 75Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
76. 76Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
77. 77Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
78. 78Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
79. 79Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
80. 80Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
81. 81Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
82. 82Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
83. 83Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
84. 84Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
85. 85Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
86. 86Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
87. 87Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
88. 88Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
89. 89Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
90. 90Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
91. 91Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
92. 92Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
93. 93Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
94. 94Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
95. 95Farmed Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
96. 96Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
97. 97Canned sockeye salmon, total can contentsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
98. 98Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
99. 99American shad, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
100. 100Pink salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central. Per serving uses each food's typical USDA portion. Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older.