Foods high in glutamic acid

Ground turkey, fat free, broiled tops the list with 3.4 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,828 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products3.4 g
2. 2Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products3.4 g
3. 3Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products3.4 g
4. 4Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products3.3 g
5. 5Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products3.2 g
6. 6Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products3.2 g
7. 7Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products3.1 g
8. 8Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products3.1 g
9. 9Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products3.1 g
10. 10Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products3.1 g
11. 11Raw roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products3.1 g
12. 12Raw chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products3 g
13. 13Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products3 g
14. 14Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products3 g
15. 15Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products3 g
16. 16Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products3 g
17. 17Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products3 g
18. 18Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products3 g
19. 19Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.9 g
20. 20Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.9 g
21. 21Ostrich tip trimmed, rawPoultry Products2.9 g
22. 22Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products2.9 g
23. 23Ostrich round, rawPoultry Products2.9 g
24. 24Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.9 g
25. 25Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products2.9 g
26. 26Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.9 g
27. 27Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products2.9 g
28. 28Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products2.9 g
29. 29Raw turkey breast, meat only, with solutionPoultry Products2.9 g
30. 30Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, rawPoultry Products2.9 g
31. 31Ostrich inside strip, rawPoultry Products2.9 g
32. 32Ostrich fan, rawPoultry Products2.9 g
33. 33Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.8 g
34. 34Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.8 g
35. 35Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.8 g
36. 36Turkey light meat, rawPoultry Products2.8 g
37. 37Pre-basted turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.8 g
38. 38Guinea hen, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.8 g
39. 39Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products2.8 g
40. 40Ostrich top loin, rawPoultry Products2.8 g
41. 41Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.8 g
42. 42Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products2.8 g
43. 43Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products2.8 g
44. 44Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.8 g
45. 45Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products2.8 g
46. 46Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products2.8 g
47. 47Ostrich tenderloin, rawPoultry Products2.8 g
48. 48Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products2.7 g
49. 49Raw roasting chicken meatPoultry Products2.7 g
50. 50Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
51. 51Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
52. 52Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products2.7 g
53. 53Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products2.7 g
54. 54Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.7 g
55. 55Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products2.7 g
56. 56Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
57. 57Chicken drumstick, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products2.7 g
58. 58Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
59. 59Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.7 g
60. 60Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.7 g
61. 61Turkey thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
62. 62Turkey dark meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
63. 63Whole turkey, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
64. 64Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
65. 65Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.7 g
66. 66Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products2.7 g
67. 67Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
68. 68Ostrich oyster, rawPoultry Products2.6 g
69. 69Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products2.6 g
70. 70Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products2.6 g
71. 71Raw chicken wing meatPoultry Products2.6 g
72. 72Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
73. 73Cornish game hens, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
74. 74Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.6 g
75. 75Cornish game hens, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.6 g
76. 76Whole turkey, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
77. 77Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.6 g
78. 78Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
79. 79Turkey back, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.6 g
80. 80Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products2.5 g
81. 81Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products2.5 g
82. 82Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products2.5 g
83. 83Wild duck breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products2.5 g
84. 84Raw stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products2.5 g
85. 85Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products2.5 g
86. 86Turkey breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.5 g
87. 87Raw roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products2.5 g
88. 88Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.5 g
89. 89Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products2.4 g
90. 90Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products2.4 g
91. 91Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
92. 92Roasted turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products2.4 g
93. 93Chicken dark meat, rawPoultry Products2.4 g
94. 94Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.4 g
95. 95Boneless turkey roast, frozen, seasoned, rawPoultry Products2.4 g
96. 96Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.4 g
97. 97Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products2.4 g
98. 98Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products2.4 g
99. 99Chicken thigh, roasted, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products2.4 g
100. 100Raw turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products2.4 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.