Foods high in glutamic acid

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 9.4 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,828 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products9.4 g
2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products7.3 g
3. 3Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.7 g
4. 4Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.5 g
5. 5Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.5 g
6. 6Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.4 g
7. 7Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.4 g
8. 8Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.3 g
9. 9Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products4.3 g
10. 10European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.3 g
11. 11Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.2 g
12. 12Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.2 g
13. 13Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products4.1 g
14. 14Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4.1 g
15. 15Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4 g
16. 16Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products4 g
17. 17Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products4 g
18. 18White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products4 g
19. 19Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products4 g
20. 20Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
21. 21Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
22. 22Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
23. 23Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
24. 24Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
25. 25King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
26. 26Breaded and fried shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
27. 27Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.9 g
28. 28Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
29. 29Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
30. 30Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
31. 31Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
32. 32Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
33. 33Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
34. 34Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
35. 35Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
36. 36Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
37. 37Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
38. 38Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
39. 39Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
40. 40Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
41. 41Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
42. 42Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
43. 43Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
44. 44Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
45. 45Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
46. 46Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
47. 47Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
48. 48Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
49. 49Raw whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
50. 50Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
51. 51Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
52. 52Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
53. 53Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products3.6 g
54. 54Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.6 g
55. 55Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products3.6 g
56. 56Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.6 g
57. 57Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.6 g
58. 58Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products3.6 g
59. 59Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.6 g
60. 60Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
61. 61Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
62. 62Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
63. 63Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
64. 64Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
65. 65Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
66. 66White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
67. 67Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
68. 68Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
69. 69Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
70. 70Raw mixed species spiny lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
71. 71Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
72. 72Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
73. 73Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
74. 74Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
75. 75Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
76. 76Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
77. 77Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
78. 78Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
79. 79Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
80. 80Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
81. 81Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
82. 82Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
83. 83Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
84. 84Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
85. 85Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
86. 86Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
87. 87Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
88. 88Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
89. 89Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
90. 90Blue crab cakesFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
91. 91Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
92. 92Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
93. 93Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
94. 94Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
95. 95Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
96. 96Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
97. 97Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
98. 98Cooked Alaska king crabFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
99. 99Farmed Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
100. 100Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 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.