Foods high in glutamic acid

Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiled tops the list with 5.1 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,828 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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  1. 1Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products5.1 g
  2. 2Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products5.1 g
  3. 3Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products5 g
  4. 4Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products4.9 g
  5. 5Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products4.9 g
  6. 6Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products4.8 g
  7. 7Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products4.7 g
  8. 8Chicken back, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.7 g
  9. 9Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.6 g
  10. 10Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products4.6 g
  11. 11Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products4.6 g
  12. 12Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products4.6 g
  13. 13Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products4.6 g
  14. 14Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.6 g
  15. 15Roasted chicken wing meatPoultry Products4.6 g
  16. 16Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products4.6 g
  17. 17Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products4.5 g
  18. 18Roasted goose meatPoultry Products4.5 g
  19. 19Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products4.5 g
  20. 20Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products4.5 g
  21. 21Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.5 g
  22. 22Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products4.5 g
  23. 23Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products4.5 g
  24. 24Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.5 g
  25. 25Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.5 g
  26. 26Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
  27. 27Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products4.4 g
  28. 28Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
  29. 29Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.4 g
  30. 30Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products4.4 g
  31. 31Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
  32. 32Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products4.4 g
  33. 33Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
  34. 34Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products4.3 g
  35. 35Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products4.3 g
  36. 36Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.3 g
  37. 37Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products4.3 g
  38. 38Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products4.3 g
  39. 39Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products4.3 g
  40. 40Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
  41. 41Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products4.3 g
  42. 42Chicken drumstick, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
  43. 43Flour-fried chicken back, meat and skinPoultry Products4.3 g
  44. 44Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products4.3 g
  45. 45Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.3 g
  46. 46Chicken leg, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
  47. 47Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
  48. 48Roasted chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products4.3 g
  49. 49Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products4.2 g
  50. 50Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
  51. 51Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products4.2 g
  52. 52Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products4.2 g
  53. 53Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products4.2 g
  54. 54Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
  55. 55Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
  56. 56Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products4.2 g
  57. 57Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products4.2 g
  58. 58Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products4.2 g
  59. 59Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
  60. 60White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
  61. 61Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products4.1 g
  62. 62Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products4.1 g
  63. 63Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products4.1 g
  64. 64Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products4.1 g
  65. 65Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
  66. 66Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products4.1 g
  67. 67Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
  68. 68Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products4.1 g
  69. 69Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
  70. 70Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
  71. 71Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
  72. 72Chicken neck, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.1 g
  73. 73Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products4.1 g
  74. 74Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products4.1 g
  75. 75Chicken thigh, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
  76. 76BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products4.1 g
  77. 77Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products4 g
  78. 78Chicken thigh, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products4 g
  79. 79Chicken leg, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products4 g
  80. 80Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products4 g
  81. 81Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products4 g
  82. 82Ground ostrich, pan-broiledPoultry Products4 g
  83. 83Roasted chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products4 g
  84. 84BBQ rotisserie chicken wing, meat onlyPoultry Products4 g
  85. 85Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4 g
  86. 86Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in batterPoultry Products3.9 g
  87. 87Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
  88. 88Stewed stewing chicken, with skinPoultry Products3.9 g
  89. 89Rotisserie chicken back, meat only, cookedPoultry Products3.9 g
  90. 90Chicken leg, meat only, stewedPoultry Products3.9 g
  91. 91Turkey light meat, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
  92. 92Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products3.9 g
  93. 93Chicken leg, meat only, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
  94. 94Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products3.9 g
  95. 95Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products3.9 g
  96. 96Whole chicken with giblets and neck, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
  97. 97Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products3.9 g
  98. 98Chicken thigh, roasted, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products3.9 g
  99. 99Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products3.9 g
  100. 100Chicken leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products3.9 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.