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.

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. 14Roasted chicken wing meatPoultry Products4.6 g
15. 15Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products4.6 g
16. 16Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products4.5 g
17. 17Roasted goose meatPoultry Products4.5 g
18. 18Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products4.5 g
19. 19Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products4.5 g
20. 20Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.5 g
21. 21White Pekin duck leg, meat only, braisedPoultry Products4.5 g
22. 22Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products4.5 g
23. 23Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.5 g
24. 24Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.5 g
25. 25Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
26. 26Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products4.4 g
27. 27Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
28. 28Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.4 g
29. 29Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products4.4 g
30. 30Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
31. 31Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products4.4 g
32. 32Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products4.4 g
33. 33Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products4.3 g
34. 3493% lean ground turkey, pan-broiledPoultry Products4.3 g
35. 35Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.3 g
36. 36Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products4.3 g
37. 37Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products4.3 g
38. 38Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products4.3 g
39. 39Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
40. 40Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products4.3 g
41. 41Chicken drumstick, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
42. 42Flour-fried chicken back, meat and skinPoultry Products4.3 g
43. 43White Pekin duck breast, boneless, meat only, broiledPoultry Products4.3 g
44. 44Chicken leg, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
45. 45Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.3 g
46. 46Roasted chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products4.3 g
47. 47Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products4.2 g
48. 48Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
49. 49Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products4.2 g
50. 50Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products4.2 g
51. 51Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products4.2 g
52. 52Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
53. 53Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
54. 54Ground turkey, 85% lean, broiled pattiesPoultry Products4.2 g
55. 55Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products4.2 g
56. 56Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.2 g
57. 57Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products4.2 g
58. 58Ground turkey, 93% lean, broiled pattiesPoultry Products4.1 g
59. 59White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
60. 60Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products4.1 g
61. 61Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products4.1 g
62. 62Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products4.1 g
63. 63Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
64. 64Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
65. 65Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products4.1 g
66. 66Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
67. 67Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
68. 68Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
69. 69Chicken neck, meat only, friedPoultry Products4.1 g
70. 70Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products4.1 g
71. 71Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products4.1 g
72. 72Chicken thigh, meat only, roastedPoultry Products4.1 g
73. 73BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products4.1 g
74. 74Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products4 g
75. 75Chicken thigh, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products4 g
76. 76Chicken leg, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products4 g
77. 77Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products4 g
78. 78Ground turkey, 85% lean, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products4 g
79. 79Ground ostrich, pan-broiledPoultry Products4 g
80. 80Roasted chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products4 g
81. 81BBQ rotisserie chicken wing, meat onlyPoultry Products4 g
82. 82Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in batterPoultry Products3.9 g
83. 83Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
84. 84Stewed stewing chicken, with skinPoultry Products3.9 g
85. 85Rotisserie chicken back, meat only, cookedPoultry Products3.9 g
86. 86Chicken leg, meat only, stewedPoultry Products3.9 g
87. 87Turkey light meat, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
88. 88Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products3.9 g
89. 89Chicken leg, meat only, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
90. 90Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products3.9 g
91. 91Whole chicken with giblets and neck, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
92. 92Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products3.9 g
93. 93Chicken thigh, roasted, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products3.9 g
94. 94Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products3.9 g
95. 95Chicken leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products3.9 g
96. 96Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products3.9 g
97. 97Roasted turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products3.9 g
98. 98Stewed chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products3.8 g
99. 99Chicken wing, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products3.8 g
100. 100White Pekin duck breast, boneless, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products3.8 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.