Foods high in arginine

Chicken breast, skinless boneless, raw tops the list with 4.1 g per serving. Ranked from 4,868 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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  1. 1Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (272 g)4.1 g
  2. 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)3.5 g
  3. 3Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)3.1 g
  4. 4Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.8 g
  5. 5Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)2.8 g
  6. 6Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)2.6 g
  7. 7Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  8. 8Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2.6 g
  9. 9Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  10. 10Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  11. 11Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  12. 12Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  13. 13Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2.5 g
  14. 14Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2.5 g
  15. 15Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2.5 g
  16. 16Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.4 g
  17. 17Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.4 g
  18. 18Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)2.4 g
  19. 19Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.4 g
  20. 20Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)2.4 g
  21. 21Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.4 g
  22. 22Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.4 g
  23. 23Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.3 g
  24. 24Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.3 g
  25. 25Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.3 g
  26. 26Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)2.3 g
  27. 27Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)2.2 g
  28. 28Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.2 g
  29. 29Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.2 g
  30. 30Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.2 g
  31. 31Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.2 g
  32. 32Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
  33. 33Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
  34. 34Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
  35. 35Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
  36. 36Mechanically deboned poultry, without skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)2.1 g
  37. 37Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
  38. 38Mechanically deboned turkey, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)2 g
  39. 39Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2 g
  40. 40Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2 g
  41. 41Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.9 g
  42. 42Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)1.9 g
  43. 43Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)1.8 g
  44. 44Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.8 g
  45. 45Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.8 g
  46. 46Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.8 g
  47. 47Mechanically deboned poultry, with skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)1.8 g
  48. 48Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.8 g
  49. 49Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.7 g
  50. 50Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.7 g
  51. 51Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.7 g
  52. 52Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.7 g
  53. 53Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.7 g
  54. 54Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.7 g
  55. 55Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.7 g
  56. 56Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.7 g
  57. 57Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.7 g
  58. 58Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.7 g
  59. 59Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.7 g
  60. 60Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.7 g
  61. 61Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.7 g
  62. 62Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)1.7 g
  63. 63Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)1.6 g
  64. 64Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.6 g
  65. 65Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)1.6 g
  66. 66Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  67. 67Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)1.6 g
  68. 68Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  69. 69Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.6 g
  70. 70Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.6 g
  71. 71Ground turkey, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.6 g
  72. 72Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  73. 73Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  74. 74Raw duck meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook duck) (137 g)1.6 g
  75. 75Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  76. 76Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  77. 77Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3oz) (85 g)1.6 g
  78. 78Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  79. 79Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  80. 80Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  81. 81Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  82. 82Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.6 g
  83. 83Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.6 g
  84. 84Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  85. 85Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  86. 86Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  87. 87Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  88. 88Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.5 g
  89. 89Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  90. 90Turkey breast, meat and skin, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.5 g
  91. 91BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  92. 92Ground ostrich, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.5 g
  93. 93BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  94. 94Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.5 g
  95. 95Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.5 g
  96. 96Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.5 g
  97. 97Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  98. 98Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 g
  99. 99Ground ostrich, rawPoultry Products · 1 patty (109 g)1.5 g
  100. 100Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.5 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.