Foods high in alanine

Laver seaweed, raw tops the list with 1.9 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,827 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Laver seaweed, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products1.9 g
2. 2Spirulina, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products1.8 g
3. 3Reduced calorie dry gelatin mixSweets1.7 g
4. 4Reduced calorie dry gelatin mixSweets1.7 g
5. 5Spirulina, driedVegetables and Vegetable Products1.6 g
6. 6Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
7. 7Raw haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
8. 8Top round roast, boneless, lean, roastedBeef Products1.5 g
9. 9Select boneless top round roast, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
10. 10Top round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
11. 11Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products1.4 g
12. 12Select boneless eye of round roast, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
13. 13Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
14. 14Egg white, dried, flakes, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products1.4 g
15. 15Egg white, dried, powder, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products1.4 g
16. 16Eye of round steak, lean, grilledBeef Products1.4 g
17. 17Eye of round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products1.4 g
18. 18Raw Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
19. 19Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
20. 20Egg, white, raw, frozen, pasteurizedDairy and Egg Products1.4 g
21. 21Egg white, rawDairy and Egg Products1.4 g
22. 22Raw pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
23. 23Top sirloin petite roast, lean, select, rawBeef Products1.3 g
24. 24Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
25. 25Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
26. 26Raw northern pikeFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
27. 27Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
28. 28Raw cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
29. 29Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products1.3 g
30. 30Top round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products1.3 g
31. 31Raw lingFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
32. 32Grilled beef top sirloin, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products1.3 g
33. 33Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
34. 34Pumpkinseed sunfish, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
35. 35Raw mahimahiFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
36. 36Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
37. 37Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
38. 38Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
39. 39Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
40. 40Raw Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
41. 41Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
42. 42Canned light tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
43. 43Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
44. 44Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
45. 45Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.3 g
46. 46Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products1.3 g
47. 47Beef pastrami, 98% fat-freeSausages and Luncheon Meats1.3 g
48. 48Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products1.3 g
49. 49Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products1.3 g
50. 50Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
51. 51Fat-free egg substitute, liquid or frozenDairy and Egg Products1.3 g
52. 52Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
53. 53Elk, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
54. 54Elk, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
55. 55Large egg whiteDairy and Egg Products1.3 g
56. 56Burbot, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
57. 57Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
58. 58Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products1.3 g
59. 59Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
60. 60Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
61. 61Raw perchFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
62. 62Sliced fat-free oven-roasted chicken breastSausages and Luncheon Meats1.3 g
63. 63Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
64. 64Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
65. 65Atlantic pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
66. 66Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
67. 67Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products1.3 g
68. 68Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products1.3 g
69. 69New Zealand beef chuck eye roll, lean, rawBeef Products1.3 g
70. 70Raw grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
71. 71Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
72. 72Raw ocean poutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
73. 73Bison top round, lean, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
74. 74Top round roast, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.3 g
75. 75Top round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.3 g
76. 76Fish, cod, Pacific, raw (may have been previously frozen)Finfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
77. 77Tilapia, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
78. 78Sliced fat-free chicken breast, mesquiteSausages and Luncheon Meats1.3 g
79. 79Cooked Pacific codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
80. 80Ocean pout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
81. 81Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products1.3 g
82. 82Boneless top round steak, grilledBeef Products1.3 g
83. 83Eye of round roast, lean, rawBeef Products1.3 g
84. 84Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.3 g
85. 85Moose, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
86. 86Roasted beef top sirloin, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products1.3 g
87. 87Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products1.3 g
88. 88Raw lingcodFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
89. 89Veal top round cutlet, boneless, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
90. 90Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
91. 91Moose, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
92. 92Beef top round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products1.3 g
93. 93Veal shank, lean, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
94. 94Top round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products1.3 g
95. 95Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
96. 96Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products1.2 g
97. 97Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
98. 98Watercress, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products1.2 g
99. 99Walleye pike, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
100. 100Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 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.