Foods high in glycine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 3 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,827 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

  1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products3 g
  2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products3 g
  3. 3Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
  4. 4Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
  5. 5Steamed bay and sea scallopsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
  6. 6Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
  7. 7Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
  8. 8Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
  9. 9Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
  10. 10Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
  11. 11Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
  12. 12Raw whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
  13. 13Cooked blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
  14. 14Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  15. 15Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  16. 16Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  17. 17Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  18. 18Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  19. 19Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  20. 20Canned light tuna in oil, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  21. 21European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  22. 22Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
  23. 23Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  24. 24Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  25. 25Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  26. 26Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  27. 27Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  28. 28Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  29. 29Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  30. 30White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  31. 31Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  32. 32Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  33. 33Pink salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  34. 34Canned sockeye salmon, total can contentsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  35. 35Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
  36. 36Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  37. 37King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  38. 38Raw mixed species spiny lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  39. 39Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  40. 40Breaded and fried shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  41. 41Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  42. 42Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  43. 43Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  44. 44Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  45. 45Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  46. 46Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  47. 47Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  48. 48Fried mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  49. 49Canned pink salmon, with liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  50. 50Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  51. 51Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  52. 52Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  53. 53Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  54. 54Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  55. 55Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  56. 56Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  57. 57Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  58. 58Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  59. 59Pacific oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  60. 60Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  61. 61Blue crab cakesFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  62. 62Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  63. 63Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  64. 64Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  65. 65Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  66. 66Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  67. 67Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  68. 68Cooked Alaska king crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  69. 69Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  70. 70Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  71. 71Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
  72. 72Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  73. 73Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  74. 74Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  75. 75Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  76. 76Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  77. 77Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  78. 78Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  79. 79White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  80. 80Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  81. 81Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  82. 82Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  83. 83Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  84. 84Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  85. 85Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  86. 86Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  87. 87Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  88. 88Raw queen crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  89. 89Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  90. 90Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  91. 91Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  92. 92Fried squidFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  93. 93Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  94. 94Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  95. 95Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  96. 96Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  97. 97Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  98. 98Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  99. 99Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
  100. 100Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 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.