Foods high in cystine

Hard red spring wheat tops the list with 0.78 g per serving. Ranked from 4,715 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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  1. 1Hard red spring wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (192 g)0.78 g
  2. 2OatsCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (156 g)0.64 g
  3. 3Dry couscousCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (173 g)0.62 g
  4. 4Hard red winter wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (192 g)0.62 g
  5. 5Enriched semolinaCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (167 g)0.6 g
  6. 6Unenriched semolinaCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (167 g)0.6 g
  7. 7Uncooked khorasan wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (186 g)0.57 g
  8. 8Uncooked speltCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (174 g)0.57 g
  9. 9Durum wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (192 g)0.55 g
  10. 10Raw oat branCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (94 g)0.54 g
  11. 11TriticaleCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (192 g)0.53 g
  12. 12Crude wheat germCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (115 g)0.53 g
  13. 13Hulled barleyCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (184 g)0.51 g
  14. 14Soft red winter wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (168 g)0.5 g
  15. 15Uncooked teffCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (193 g)0.46 g
  16. 16Pearled barley, rawCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (200 g)0.44 g
  17. 17Raw milletCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (200 g)0.42 g
  18. 18Fresh plain pasta, as purchasedCereal Grains and Pasta · 4.5 oz (128 g)0.4 g
  19. 19Bulgur, dryCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (140 g)0.4 g
  20. 20BuckwheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (170 g)0.39 g
  21. 21Fresh spinach pasta, as purchasedCereal Grains and Pasta · 4.5 oz (128 g)0.38 g
  22. 22Crude rice branCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (118 g)0.37 g
  23. 23Amaranth grain, uncookedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (193 g)0.37 g
  24. 24Enriched white bread flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (137 g)0.37 g
  25. 25Unenriched bread flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup unsifted, dipped (137 g)0.37 g
  26. 26Whole-grain triticale flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (130 g)0.36 g
  27. 27Uncooked quinoaCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (170 g)0.35 g
  28. 28Barley flour or mealCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (148 g)0.34 g
  29. 29Roasted buckwheat groats, dryCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (164 g)0.33 g
  30. 30Whole-grain wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (120 g)0.33 g
  31. 31Protein-fortified spaghetti, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (140 g)0.31 g
  32. 32Protein-fortified spaghetti, dryCereal Grains and Pasta · 2 oz (57 g)0.31 g
  33. 33Dry enriched vegetable macaroniCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup spiral shaped (84 g)0.3 g
  34. 34Dry enriched parboiled white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (185 g)0.28 g
  35. 35Dry unenriched parboiled long-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (185 g)0.28 g
  36. 36White corn grainCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (166 g)0.28 g
  37. 37Yellow corn grainCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (166 g)0.28 g
  38. 38Raw wild riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (160 g)0.28 g
  39. 39Bleached enriched all-purpose white wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (125 g)0.27 g
  40. 40Enriched all-purpose white flour, calcium-fortifiedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (125 g)0.27 g
  41. 41All-purpose flour, enriched, unbleachedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (125 g)0.27 g
  42. 42Unenriched all-purpose white flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (125 g)0.27 g
  43. 43Raw enriched long-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (185 g)0.27 g
  44. 44Raw unenriched long-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (185 g)0.27 g
  45. 45Uncooked enriched short-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (200 g)0.27 g
  46. 46White short-grain rice, raw, unenrichedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (200 g)0.27 g
  47. 47White self-rising cornmeal with wheat, enrichedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (170 g)0.26 g
  48. 48Yellow self-rising bolted enriched cornmeal, with wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (170 g)0.26 g
  49. 49Raw enriched medium-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (195 g)0.26 g
  50. 50Raw unenriched medium-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (195 g)0.26 g
  51. 51Enriched self-rising all-purpose white wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (125 g)0.26 g
  52. 52Whole-groat buckwheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (120 g)0.26 g
  53. 53Uncooked unenriched glutinous white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (185 g)0.26 g
  54. 54Barley malt flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (162 g)0.25 g
  55. 55White degermed cornmeal, enrichedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (157 g)0.25 g
  56. 56Yellow degermed enriched cornmealCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (157 g)0.25 g
  57. 57White degermed cornmeal, unenrichedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (157 g)0.25 g
  58. 58Yellow degermed cornmeal, unenrichedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (157 g)0.25 g
  59. 59Enriched white cake flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup unsifted, dipped (137 g)0.24 g
  60. 60Sorghum grainCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (192 g)0.24 g
  61. 61Dry enriched pastaCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup spaghetti (91 g)0.23 g
  62. 62Unenriched pasta, dryCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup spaghetti (91 g)0.23 g
  63. 63Enriched white tortilla flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (111 g)0.23 g
  64. 64Cooked oat branCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (219 g)0.22 g
  65. 65Crude wheat branCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (58 g)0.22 g
  66. 66Cooked enriched spinach egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (160 g)0.21 g
  67. 67Millet flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (119 g)0.21 g
  68. 68Dry spinach spaghettiCereal Grains and Pasta · 2 oz (57 g)0.21 g
  69. 69Enriched white masa corn flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (114 g)0.21 g
  70. 70White masa corn flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (114 g)0.21 g
  71. 71Enriched yellow masa corn flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (114 g)0.21 g
  72. 72Cooked khorasan wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (172 g)0.21 g
  73. 73Whole grain sorghum flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (121 g)0.2 g
  74. 74Cooked Japanese somen noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (176 g)0.2 g
  75. 75Cooked fresh plain pastaCereal Grains and Pasta · 2 oz (128 g)0.18 g
  76. 76Dry Japanese somen noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta · 2 oz (57 g)0.18 g
  77. 77White self-rising cornmeal, enrichedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (122 g)0.18 g
  78. 78Yellow self-rising bolted plain enriched cornmealCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (122 g)0.18 g
  79. 79White whole-grain cornmealCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (122 g)0.18 g
  80. 80Whole-grain yellow cornmealCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (122 g)0.18 g
  81. 81Raw brown long-grain riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (185 g)0.18 g
  82. 82Spinach spaghetti, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (140 g)0.18 g
  83. 83Teff, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (252 g)0.17 g
  84. 84Raw brown medium-grain riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (190 g)0.17 g
  85. 85Unenriched white rice flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (158 g)0.17 g
  86. 86Cooked couscousCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup, cooked (157 g)0.17 g
  87. 87Cooked enriched vegetable macaroniCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup spiral shaped (134 g)0.17 g
  88. 88Dry enriched instant white riceCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (95 g)0.15 g
  89. 89Enriched egg noodles, cooked, with saltCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (160 g)0.15 g
  90. 90Cooked unenriched egg noodles, with added saltCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (160 g)0.15 g
  91. 91Cooked enriched egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (160 g)0.15 g
  92. 92Egg noodles, cooked, without saltCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (160 g)0.15 g
  93. 93Dry Japanese soba noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta · 2 oz (57 g)0.15 g
  94. 94Dry enriched spinach egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (38 g)0.15 g
  95. 95White whole-grain corn flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (117 g)0.15 g
  96. 96Whole-grain yellow corn flourCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (117 g)0.15 g
  97. 97Cooked whole-wheat pastaCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup spaghetti not packed (117 g)0.15 g
  98. 98Sprouted wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (108 g)0.14 g
  99. 99Dry gluten-free corn pastaCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (105 g)0.14 g
  100. 100Unenriched pasta, with salt, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup spaghetti not packed (124 g)0.14 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.