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.

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. 13Canned light tuna in oil, 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. 23Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
24. 24White tuna, canned in oil, 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. 30Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
31. 31Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
32. 32Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
33. 33Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
34. 34Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish 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. 39Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
40. 40Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
41. 41Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
42. 42Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
43. 43Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
44. 44Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish 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. 48Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
49. 49Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
50. 50Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
51. 51Walleye pike, 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. 54Fried mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
55. 55Ling, cookedFinfish 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. 61Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
62. 62Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
63. 63Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
64. 64Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
65. 65Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
66. 66Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
67. 67Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
68. 68Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
69. 69White tuna, canned in water, 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. 72Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
73. 73Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
74. 74Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
75. 75Breaded and fried mixed species scallopFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
76. 76Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
77. 77Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish 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. 80Pacific oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
81. 81Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 g
82. 82Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish 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. 87Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
88. 88Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
89. 89Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
90. 90Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
91. 91Fried squidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
92. 92Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
93. 93Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.24 g
94. 94Freshwater drum, 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

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.