Foods high in alanine

Ostrich inside leg, cooked tops the list with 1.3 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,827 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

  1. 1Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products1.3 g
  2. 2Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.3 g
  3. 3Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products1.3 g
  4. 4Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products1.3 g
  5. 5Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products1.3 g
  6. 6Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products1.3 g
  7. 7Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products1.3 g
  8. 8Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products1.3 g
  9. 9Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products1.3 g
  10. 10Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  11. 11Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products1.2 g
  12. 12Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.2 g
  13. 13Ostrich tip trimmed, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  14. 14Ostrich round, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  15. 15Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products1.2 g
  16. 16Ostrich inside strip, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  17. 17Ostrich fan, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  18. 18Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products1.2 g
  19. 19Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products1.2 g
  20. 20Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products1.2 g
  21. 21Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products1.2 g
  22. 22Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  23. 23Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.2 g
  24. 24Ostrich top loin, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  25. 25Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products1.2 g
  26. 26Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products1.2 g
  27. 27Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products1.2 g
  28. 28Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  29. 29Ostrich tenderloin, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
  30. 30Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products1.1 g
  31. 31Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.1 g
  32. 32Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products1.1 g
  33. 33Raw turkey breast, meat only, with solutionPoultry Products1.1 g
  34. 34Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  35. 35Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products1.1 g
  36. 36Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.1 g
  37. 37Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  38. 38Turkey light meat, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  39. 39Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  40. 40Pre-basted turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.1 g
  41. 41Raw roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products1.1 g
  42. 42Raw chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.1 g
  43. 43Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products1.1 g
  44. 44Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.1 g
  45. 45Ostrich oyster, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  46. 46Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products1.1 g
  47. 47Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  48. 48Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.1 g
  49. 49Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products1.1 g
  50. 50Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products1.1 g
  51. 51Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products1.1 g
  52. 52Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  53. 53Turkey thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  54. 54Turkey dark meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  55. 55Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  56. 56Whole turkey, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.1 g
  57. 57Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.1 g
  58. 58Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products1.1 g
  59. 59Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products1 g
  60. 60Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1 g
  61. 61Whole turkey, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1 g
  62. 62Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1 g
  63. 63Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products1 g
  64. 64Guinea hen, meat only, rawPoultry Products1 g
  65. 65Wild duck breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products1 g
  66. 66Turkey back, meat only, rawPoultry Products1 g
  67. 67Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products1 g
  68. 68Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products1 g
  69. 69Raw quail meatPoultry Products1 g
  70. 70Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products1 g
  71. 71Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products1.0 g
  72. 72Raw roasting chicken meatPoultry Products1.0 g
  73. 73Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products1.0 g
  74. 74Turkey breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.99 g
  75. 75Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.99 g
  76. 76Chicken drumstick, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products0.99 g
  77. 77Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.99 g
  78. 78Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products0.98 g
  79. 79Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.97 g
  80. 80Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.97 g
  81. 81Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.97 g
  82. 82Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products0.97 g
  83. 83Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.96 g
  84. 84BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.96 g
  85. 85Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products0.96 g
  86. 86Ground ostrich, pan-broiledPoultry Products0.96 g
  87. 87Roasted turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products0.95 g
  88. 88Raw chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.95 g
  89. 89Turkey gizzard, rawPoultry Products0.95 g
  90. 90Cornish game hens, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.95 g
  91. 91Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.95 g
  92. 92Cornish game hens, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.94 g
  93. 93Raw turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products0.94 g
  94. 94Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.94 g
  95. 95Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.93 g
  96. 96Roasted turkey, light meat and skin, with added solutionPoultry Products0.93 g
  97. 97Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products0.92 g
  98. 98Turkey light meat, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.92 g
  99. 99Raw stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products0.92 g
  100. 100Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.92 g

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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.