Foods high in glutamic acid

Chicken breast, skinless boneless, raw tops the list with 9.1 g per serving. Ranked from 4,828 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (272 g)9.1 g
2. 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)7.7 g
3. 3Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)7.3 g
4. 4Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.9 g
5. 5Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)6.9 g
6. 6Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.5 g
7. 7Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.5 g
8. 8Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)6.5 g
9. 9Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.5 g
10. 10Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)6.2 g
11. 11Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.2 g
12. 12Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.1 g
13. 13Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.1 g
14. 14Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)6.1 g
15. 15Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)6 g
16. 16Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.9 g
17. 17Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.8 g
18. 18Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.7 g
19. 19Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.7 g
20. 20Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)5.7 g
21. 21Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.7 g
22. 22Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)5.7 g
23. 23Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)5.7 g
24. 24Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.7 g
25. 25Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)5.5 g
26. 26Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.4 g
27. 27Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.2 g
28. 28Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.2 g
29. 29Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.2 g
30. 30Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.2 g
31. 31Mechanically deboned poultry, without skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)5.2 g
32. 32Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.1 g
33. 33Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)5.1 g
34. 34Mechanically deboned turkey, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)5.1 g
35. 35Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5.1 g
36. 36Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)5 g
37. 37Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)4.9 g
38. 38Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)4.7 g
39. 39Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)4.6 g
40. 40Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)4.5 g
41. 41Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)4.3 g
42. 42Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)4.2 g
43. 43Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)4.2 g
44. 44Mechanically deboned poultry, with skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)4.1 g
45. 45Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)4 g
46. 46Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)4 g
47. 47Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.9 g
48. 48Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.9 g
49. 49Raw duck meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook duck) (137 g)3.9 g
50. 50Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3.9 g
51. 51Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.9 g
52. 52Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.9 g
53. 53Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.9 g
54. 54Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.8 g
55. 55Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.8 g
56. 56Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.8 g
57. 57Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.8 g
58. 58Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)3.8 g
59. 59Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)3.8 g
60. 60Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.8 g
61. 61Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.8 g
62. 62Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)3.8 g
63. 63Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)3.8 g
64. 64Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)3.8 g
65. 65Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)3.8 g
66. 66Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.7 g
67. 67Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)3.7 g
68. 68Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.7 g
69. 69Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)3.7 g
70. 70Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.7 g
71. 71Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.7 g
72. 72Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)3.7 g
73. 73Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.7 g
74. 74Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.7 g
75. 75Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
76. 76Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
77. 77Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.6 g
78. 78Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.6 g
79. 79Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
80. 80Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
81. 81Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
82. 82Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
83. 83Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.6 g
84. 84Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.6 g
85. 85Raw stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
86. 86Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
87. 87Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.6 g
88. 88Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3oz) (85 g)3.6 g
89. 89Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
90. 90Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.6 g
91. 91Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.6 g
92. 92Ground turkey, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.6 g
93. 93Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (78 g)3.5 g
94. 94Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.5 g
95. 95Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)3.5 g
96. 96Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.5 g
97. 97Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.5 g
98. 98White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.5 g
99. 99Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)3.5 g
100. 100Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)3.5 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.