Foods high in cystine

Raw quail breast, meat only tops the list with 0.32 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,715 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.32 g
2. 2Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products0.3 g
3. 3Raw quail meatPoultry Products0.28 g
4. 4Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products0.28 g
5. 5Raw roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products0.26 g
6. 6Raw chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.26 g
7. 7Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products0.25 g
8. 8Wild duck breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.25 g
9. 9Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products0.25 g
10. 10Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.24 g
11. 11Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products0.24 g
12. 12Guinea hen, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.24 g
13. 13Chicken liver, pan-friedPoultry Products0.23 g
14. 14Raw roasting chicken meatPoultry Products0.23 g
15. 15Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.23 g
16. 16Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products0.23 g
17. 17Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products0.23 g
18. 18Chicken liver, simmeredPoultry Products0.23 g
19. 19Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.23 g
20. 20Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.23 g
21. 21Chicken liver, rawPoultry Products0.23 g
22. 22Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products0.23 g
23. 23Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products0.23 g
24. 24Raw chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.22 g
25. 25Cornish game hens, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.22 g
26. 26Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products0.22 g
27. 27Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
28. 28Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products0.22 g
29. 29Cornish game hens, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
30. 30Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.22 g
31. 31Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products0.22 g
32. 32Raw goose meatPoultry Products0.22 g
33. 33Raw stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products0.22 g
34. 34Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products0.22 g
35. 35Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
36. 36Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products0.21 g
37. 37Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products0.21 g
38. 38Raw roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products0.21 g
39. 39Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products0.21 g
40. 40Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products0.21 g
41. 41Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products0.21 g
42. 42BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.21 g
43. 43Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products0.21 g
44. 44Raw duck meatPoultry Products0.21 g
45. 45Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.21 g
46. 46Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
47. 47Chicken dark meat, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
48. 48Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
49. 49Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
50. 50Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
51. 51Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products0.2 g
52. 52Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
53. 53Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products0.2 g
54. 54Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
55. 55Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.2 g
56. 56Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
57. 57Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
58. 58Turkey gizzard, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
59. 59Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
60. 60Raw turkey breast, meat only, with solutionPoultry Products0.2 g
61. 61Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
62. 62Raw guinea fowl, with skinPoultry Products0.2 g
63. 63Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products0.2 g
64. 64Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
65. 65Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products0.2 g
66. 66Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
67. 67Ostrich tip trimmed, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
68. 68Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.2 g
69. 69Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
70. 70Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
71. 71Turkey light meat, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
72. 72Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
73. 73Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products0.2 g
74. 74Ostrich round, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
75. 75Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products0.19 g
76. 76Pre-basted turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.19 g
77. 77Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products0.19 g
78. 78Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
79. 79Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products0.19 g
80. 80Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.19 g
81. 81Chicken drumstick, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products0.19 g
82. 82Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.19 g
83. 83Roasted chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.19 g
84. 84Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products0.19 g
85. 85Chicken giblets, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
86. 86Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
87. 87Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products0.19 g
88. 88Ostrich fan, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
89. 89Ostrich inside strip, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
90. 90Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
91. 91Raw roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products0.19 g
92. 92Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
93. 93Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products0.19 g
94. 94Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products0.19 g
95. 95Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products0.19 g
96. 96Chicken drumstick, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.19 g
97. 97White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.19 g
98. 98Ostrich top loin, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
99. 99Roasted goose meatPoultry Products0.19 g
100. 100Capon giblets, rawPoultry Products0.19 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.