Foods high in aspartic acid

Water convolvulus, raw tops the list with 3.4 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,680 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

  1. 1Water convolvulus, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products3.4 g
  2. 2Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products2.6 g
  3. 3Raw haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products2.6 g
  4. 4Boiled water convolvulus, with saltVegetables and Vegetable Products2.6 g
  5. 5Water convolvulus, boiled, drained, unsaltedVegetables and Vegetable Products2.6 g
  6. 6Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products2.6 g
  7. 7Asparagus, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products2.5 g
  8. 8Asparagus, boiledVegetables and Vegetable Products2.5 g
  9. 9Asparagus, boiled, with saltVegetables and Vegetable Products2.5 g
  10. 10Orange roughy, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
  11. 11Large egg whiteDairy and Egg Products2.4 g
  12. 12Frozen pasteurized egg whitesDairy and Egg Products2.4 g
  13. 13Top round roast, boneless, lean, roastedBeef Products2.4 g
  14. 14Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
  15. 15Tilapia, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
  16. 16Egg white, rawDairy and Egg Products2.3 g
  17. 17Select boneless top round roast, lean, rawBeef Products2.3 g
  18. 18Top round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products2.3 g
  19. 19Raw Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
  20. 20Raw pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
  21. 21Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
  22. 22Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products2.3 g
  23. 23Select boneless eye of round roast, lean, rawBeef Products2.3 g
  24. 24Spirulina, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products2.3 g
  25. 25Eye of round steak, lean, grilledBeef Products2.3 g
  26. 26Eye of round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products2.3 g
  27. 27Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
  28. 28Boiled bamboo shoots, with saltVegetables and Vegetable Products2.3 g
  29. 29Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
  30. 30Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
  31. 31Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  32. 32Raw northern pikeFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  33. 33Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  34. 34Raw cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  35. 35Raw lingFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  36. 36Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  37. 37Pumpkinseed sunfish, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  38. 38Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  39. 39Raw mahimahiFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  40. 40Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  41. 41Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  42. 42Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  43. 43Raw Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  44. 44Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  45. 45Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  46. 46Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  47. 47Canned light tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  48. 48Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  49. 49Pacific cod, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  50. 50Soy protein concentrate, acid washLegumes and Legume Products2.2 g
  51. 51Soy protein concentrate, alcohol extractedLegumes and Legume Products2.2 g
  52. 52Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  53. 53Cooked Pacific codFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  54. 54Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  55. 55Burbot, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  56. 56Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  57. 57Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  58. 58Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  59. 59Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  60. 60Raw perchFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  61. 61Top sirloin petite roast, lean, select, rawBeef Products2.2 g
  62. 62Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  63. 63Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  64. 64Atlantic pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  65. 65Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  66. 66Alaska pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  67. 67Dried egg whitesDairy and Egg Products2.2 g
  68. 68Raw ocean poutFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  69. 69Raw grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  70. 70Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
  71. 71Grilled beef top sirloin, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products2.2 g
  72. 72Raw blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  73. 73Ocean pout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  74. 74Raw wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  75. 75Raw mixed species shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  76. 76Top round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products2.1 g
  77. 77Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  78. 78Raw Pacific rockfishFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  79. 79Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  80. 80Farmed crayfish, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  81. 81MORI-NU silken lite extra firm tofuLegumes and Legume Products2.1 g
  82. 82Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  83. 83Raw lingcodFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  84. 84Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  85. 85Raw queen crabFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  86. 86Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  87. 87Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  88. 88Cooked wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  89. 89Walleye pike, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  90. 90Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  91. 91Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  92. 92Raw snapperFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  93. 93Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  94. 94Raw Dungeness crabFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  95. 95Raw mixed whitingFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  96. 96Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  97. 97Farmed crayfish, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  98. 98Bamboo shoots, boiled, drained, unsaltedVegetables and Vegetable Products2.1 g
  99. 99Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
  100. 100Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 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.