Foods high in cystine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 0.67 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,715 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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  1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
  2. 2Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.5 g
  3. 3Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products0.45 g
  4. 4Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.43 g
  5. 5Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.39 g
  6. 6Fish roe, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.39 g
  7. 7Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products0.37 g
  8. 8Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.34 g
  9. 9Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.33 g
  10. 10Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.32 g
  11. 11Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.32 g
  12. 12Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.31 g
  13. 13Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.31 g
  14. 14Cooked blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products0.31 g
  15. 15European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.31 g
  16. 16Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.3 g
  17. 17Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.3 g
  18. 18Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.3 g
  19. 19Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.29 g
  20. 20Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.29 g
  21. 21Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.29 g
  22. 22Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  23. 23White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  24. 24Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  25. 25Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  26. 26Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  27. 27King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  28. 28Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  29. 29Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  30. 30Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  31. 31Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  32. 32Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
  33. 33Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  34. 34Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  35. 35Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  36. 36Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  37. 37Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  38. 38Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  39. 39Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  40. 40Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  41. 41Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  42. 42Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  43. 43Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  44. 44Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  45. 45Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  46. 46Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  47. 47Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
  48. 48Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  49. 49Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  50. 50Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  51. 51Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  52. 52Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  53. 53Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  54. 54Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  55. 55Fried mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  56. 56Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  57. 57Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  58. 58Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  59. 59Breaded and fried shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  60. 60Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
  61. 61Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  62. 62Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  63. 63Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  64. 64Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  65. 65Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  66. 66Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  67. 67Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  68. 68White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  69. 69Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  70. 70Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  71. 71Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  72. 72Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  73. 73Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  74. 74Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  75. 75Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  76. 76Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  77. 77Breaded and fried mixed species scallopFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  78. 78Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  79. 79Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  80. 80Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  81. 81Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  82. 82Pacific oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  83. 83Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  84. 84Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
  85. 85Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  86. 86Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  87. 87Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  88. 88Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  89. 89Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  90. 90Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  91. 91Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  92. 92Fried squidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  93. 93Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  94. 94Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  95. 95Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  96. 96Blue crab cakesFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  97. 97Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  98. 98Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  99. 99Farmed Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
  100. 100Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 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.