Foods high in arginine

Sesame flour, low-fat tops the list with 2.2 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,868 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Sesame flour, low-fatNut and Seed Products2.2 g
2. 2Canned blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
3. 3Cooked blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
4. 4Low fat glandless cottonseed flourNut and Seed Products2 g
5. 5Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
6. 6Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
7. 7Defatted peanut flourLegumes and Legume Products1.9 g
8. 8Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
9. 9Raw mixed species shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
10. 10Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
11. 11Raw blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
12. 12Raw wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
13. 13Partially defatted glandless cottonseed mealNut and Seed Products1.8 g
14. 14Raw whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
15. 15Farmed crayfish, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
16. 16Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
17. 17Raw queen crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
18. 18Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
19. 19Cooked wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
20. 20Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
21. 21Raw Dungeness crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
22. 22Farmed crayfish, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
23. 23Cooked Alaska king crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
24. 24Top round roast, boneless, lean, roastedBeef Products1.7 g
25. 25Raw pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
26. 26Frozen spinach, unpreparedVegetables and Vegetable Products1.7 g
27. 27Spirulina, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products1.6 g
28. 28Select boneless top round roast, lean, rawBeef Products1.6 g
29. 29Top round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.6 g
30. 30Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
31. 31Select boneless eye of round roast, lean, rawBeef Products1.6 g
32. 32Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.6 g
33. 33New Zealand beef chuck eye roll, lean, rawBeef Products1.6 g
34. 34Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
35. 35Raw mixed species spiny lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
36. 36Eye of round steak, lean, grilledBeef Products1.6 g
37. 37Eye of round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products1.6 g
38. 38Partially defatted sesame flourNut and Seed Products1.6 g
39. 39Partially defatted sunflower seed flourNut and Seed Products1.6 g
40. 40Cottonseed flour, partially defatted, glandlessNut and Seed Products1.5 g
41. 41Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
42. 42Alaska pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
43. 43Raw haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
44. 44Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products1.5 g
45. 45Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
46. 46Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products1.5 g
47. 47Top sirloin petite roast, lean, select, rawBeef Products1.5 g
48. 48Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
49. 49Raw mixed species cuttlefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
50. 50Grilled beef top sirloin, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products1.5 g
51. 51Top round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products1.5 g
52. 52Lupins, boiled, with saltLegumes and Legume Products1.4 g
53. 53Boiled frozen spinach, with saltVegetables and Vegetable Products1.4 g
54. 54Frozen spinach, boiled, drained, unsaltedVegetables and Vegetable Products1.4 g
55. 55Spirulina, driedVegetables and Vegetable Products1.4 g
56. 56Top round roast, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
57. 57Top round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
58. 58Roasted beef top sirloin, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products1.4 g
59. 59Fish, cod, Pacific, raw (may have been previously frozen)Finfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
60. 60Elk, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
61. 61Elk, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
62. 62Eye of round roast, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
63. 63Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
64. 64Cooked Pacific codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
65. 65Soy protein concentrate, acid washLegumes and Legume Products1.4 g
66. 66Soy protein concentrate, alcohol extractedLegumes and Legume Products1.4 g
67. 67Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products1.4 g
68. 68Moose, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
69. 69Moose, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
70. 70Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
71. 71Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products1.4 g
72. 72Raw mixed species clamFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
73. 73Top round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products1.4 g
74. 74Ribeye petite roast, lean, select, rawBeef Products1.4 g
75. 75Boiled lupin beans, unsaltedLegumes and Legume Products1.4 g
76. 76Boneless top round steak, grilledBeef Products1.4 g
77. 77Beef top round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products1.4 g
78. 78Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products1.4 g
79. 79Raw Pacific rockfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
80. 80Goat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
81. 81Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
82. 82Roasted beef ribeye, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products1.4 g
83. 83Goat, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
84. 84MORI-NU silken lite extra firm tofuLegumes and Legume Products1.4 g
85. 85Reduced calorie dry gelatin mixSweets1.4 g
86. 86Reduced calorie dry gelatin mixSweets1.4 g
87. 87Top loin steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products1.4 g
88. 88Top round steak, lean, grilledBeef Products1.4 g
89. 89Eye of round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products1.4 g
90. 90Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products1.4 g
91. 91Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.4 g
92. 92Top round roast, lean and fat, roastedBeef Products1.4 g
93. 93Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products1.4 g
94. 94Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
95. 95Deer meat, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
96. 96Deer, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
97. 97Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products1.4 g
98. 98Beef top round steak, lean and fat, select, rawBeef Products1.4 g
99. 99Raw Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
100. 100Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry 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.