Foods high in arginine

Cooked whelk tops the list with 4.9 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,868 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products4.9 g
2. 2Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
3. 3Raw whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products2.5 g
4. 4Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
5. 5Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
6. 6Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
7. 7Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
8. 8Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
9. 9Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
10. 10Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
11. 11Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
12. 12Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
13. 13Raw mixed species spiny lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
14. 14Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
15. 15Breaded and fried shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
16. 16Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
17. 17Canned blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
18. 18Cooked blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
19. 19Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
20. 20Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
21. 21Canned light tuna in oil, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
22. 22Cooked blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
23. 23Blue crab cakesFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
24. 24European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
25. 25Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
26. 26Cooked Alaska king crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
27. 27Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
28. 28Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
29. 29Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
30. 30Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
31. 31Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
32. 32Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
33. 33Raw queen crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
34. 34Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
35. 35Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
36. 36Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
37. 37Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
38. 38Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
39. 39White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
40. 40Raw blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
41. 41Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
42. 42Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
43. 43Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
44. 44King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
45. 45Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
46. 46Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
47. 47Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
48. 48Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
49. 49Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
50. 50Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
51. 51Farmed crayfish, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
52. 52Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
53. 53Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
54. 54Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
55. 55Raw Dungeness crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
56. 56Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
57. 57Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
58. 58Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
59. 59Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
60. 60Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
61. 61Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
62. 62Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
63. 63Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
64. 64Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
65. 65Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
66. 66Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
67. 67Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
68. 68Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
69. 69Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
70. 70Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
71. 71Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
72. 72Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
73. 73Cooked wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
74. 74Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
75. 75Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
76. 76Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
77. 77Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
78. 78Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
79. 79Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
80. 80Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
81. 81Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
82. 82Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
83. 83Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
84. 84Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
85. 85Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
86. 86Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
87. 87Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
88. 88Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
89. 89Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
90. 90White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
91. 91Fried mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
92. 92Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
93. 93Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
94. 94Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
95. 95Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
96. 96Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
97. 97Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
98. 98Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
99. 99Raw wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
100. 100Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 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.