Foods high in arginine

Ground turkey, fat free, broiled tops the list with 1.5 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,868 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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