Foods high in glutamic acid

Popeyes Mild Fried Chicken Breast, meat only tops the list with 4.3 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,828 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Popeyes Mild Fried Chicken Breast, meat onlyFast Foods4.3 g
2. 2KFC Original Recipe Fried Chicken Breast, meat onlyFast Foods4.2 g
3. 3KFC, Fried Chicken, EXTRA CRISPY, Breast, meat only, skin and breading removedFast Foods4.2 g
4. 4Top round roast, boneless, lean, roastedBeef Products4 g
5. 5Soy sauce (tamari)Legumes and Legume Products4 g
6. 6Select boneless top round roast, lean, rawBeef Products3.9 g
7. 7Top round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products3.9 g
8. 8Select boneless eye of round roast, lean, rawBeef Products3.9 g
9. 9Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products3.9 g
10. 10MORI-NU silken lite extra firm tofuLegumes and Legume Products3.8 g
11. 11Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
12. 12Eye of round steak, lean, grilledBeef Products3.8 g
13. 13Eye of round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products3.8 g
14. 14Raw haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
15. 15Chobani nonfat plain Greek yogurtDairy and Egg Products3.8 g
16. 16Chinese wonton soupSoups, Sauces, and Gravies3.8 g
17. 17Low fat glandless cottonseed flourNut and Seed Products3.8 g
18. 18Lowfat cottage cheese, 1% milkfatDairy and Egg Products3.7 g
19. 19Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
20. 20Raw pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products3.7 g
21. 21Soy protein concentrate, acid washLegumes and Legume Products3.7 g
22. 22Soy protein concentrate, alcohol extractedLegumes and Legume Products3.7 g
23. 23Top sirloin petite roast, lean, select, rawBeef Products3.7 g
24. 24Popeyes Mild Fried Chicken Drumstick, meat onlyFast Foods3.6 g
25. 25Grilled beef top sirloin, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products3.6 g
26. 26Partially defatted sunflower seed flourNut and Seed Products3.6 g
27. 27Top round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products3.6 g
28. 28Nonfat plain Greek yogurtDairy and Egg Products3.6 g
29. 29KFC, Fried Chicken, EXTRA CRISPY, Drumstick, meat only, skin and breading removedFast Foods3.6 g
30. 30Raw blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
31. 31MORI-NU silken lite firm tofuLegumes and Legume Products3.5 g
32. 32Moose, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products3.5 g
33. 33Moose, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products3.5 g
34. 34Raw wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
35. 35Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
36. 36Fat-free egg substitute, liquid or frozenDairy and Egg Products3.5 g
37. 37Orange roughy, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
38. 38KFC Original Recipe Fried Chicken Drumstick, meat onlyFast Foods3.5 g
39. 39Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
40. 40Farmed crayfish, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
41. 41Raw queen crabFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
42. 42Cooked wild mixed species crayfishFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
43. 43Top round roast, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products3.5 g
44. 44Top round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products3.5 g
45. 45Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
46. 46Raw Dungeness crabFinfish and Shellfish Products3.5 g
47. 47Roasted beef top sirloin, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products3.4 g
48. 48Eye of round roast, lean, rawBeef Products3.4 g
49. 49Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products3.4 g
50. 50Eye of round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products3.4 g
51. 51Alaska pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
52. 52Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
53. 53Farmed crayfish, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
54. 54Beef top round steak, boneless, lean, grilledBeef Products3.4 g
55. 55Top round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products3.4 g
56. 56New Zealand beef chuck eye roll, lean, rawBeef Products3.4 g
57. 57Raw Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
58. 58Cooked Alaska king crabFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
59. 59Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
60. 60Ribeye petite roast, lean, select, rawBeef Products3.4 g
61. 61Raw mixed species shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
62. 62Eye of round roast, lean, roastedBeef Products3.4 g
63. 63Top round steak, lean, grilledBeef Products3.4 g
64. 64Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products3.4 g
65. 65Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products3.4 g
66. 66Nonfat cottage cheeseDairy and Egg Products3.4 g
67. 67Sesame flour, low-fatNut and Seed Products3.4 g
68. 68Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products3.4 g
69. 69Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products3.4 g
70. 70Partially defatted glandless cottonseed mealNut and Seed Products3.3 g
71. 71Roasted beef ribeye, boneless, lean, selectBeef Products3.3 g
72. 72Tilapia, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
73. 73Boneless top round steak, grilledBeef Products3.3 g
74. 74Top loin steak, boneless, lean, rawBeef Products3.3 g
75. 75Veal top round cutlet, boneless, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products3.3 g
76. 76Defatted peanut flourLegumes and Legume Products3.3 g
77. 77Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products3.3 g
78. 78Fish, cod, Pacific, raw (may have been previously frozen)Finfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
79. 79Veal shank, lean, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products3.3 g
80. 80Spirulina, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products3.3 g
81. 81Top round roast, boneless, lean, roastedBeef Products3.3 g
82. 82Cooked Pacific codFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
83. 83Top round roast, lean and fat, roastedBeef Products3.3 g
84. 84Elk, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products3.3 g
85. 85Elk, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products3.3 g
86. 86Fat-free cream cheeseDairy and Egg Products3.3 g
87. 87Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
88. 88Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
89. 89Beef top round steak, lean and fat, select, rawBeef Products3.3 g
90. 90Raw northern pikeFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
91. 91Top loin petite roast, lean, select, rawBeef Products3.3 g
92. 92Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products3.3 g
93. 93Veal top round cutlet, boneless, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products3.3 g
94. 94Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
95. 95Raw cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
96. 96Raw lingFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
97. 97Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
98. 98Pumpkinseed sunfish, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
99. 99Raw Pacific rockfishFinfish and Shellfish Products3.3 g
100. 100Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish 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.