Foods high in glycine

Roasted turkey skin, dark meat tops the list with 3.5 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,827 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

  1. 1Roasted turkey skin, dark meatPoultry Products3.5 g
  2. 2Chicken skin, roastedPoultry Products3.2 g
  3. 3Turkey skin, roastedPoultry Products3.1 g
  4. 4Turkey skin, roastedPoultry Products3 g
  5. 5Flour-fried chicken skinPoultry Products2.9 g
  6. 6Turkey skin, roastedPoultry Products2.9 g
  7. 7Chicken skin, roasted, added solutionPoultry Products2.6 g
  8. 8Chicken skin, stewedPoultry Products2.4 g
  9. 9Chicken skin, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
  10. 10Raw chicken skinPoultry Products2.1 g
  11. 11Rotisserie chicken skin, cookedPoultry Products2.1 g
  12. 12Raw turkey skin, dark meatPoultry Products2 g
  13. 13Chicken wing, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products2 g
  14. 14Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products2 g
  15. 15Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products1.9 g
  16. 16Chicken neck, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products1.9 g
  17. 17Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products1.9 g
  18. 18Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products1.9 g
  19. 19Chicken back meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.9 g
  20. 20Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products1.9 g
  21. 21Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.9 g
  22. 22Chicken skin, braisedPoultry Products1.9 g
  23. 23Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products1.9 g
  24. 24Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products1.9 g
  25. 25Chicken neck, meat and skin, simmeredPoultry Products1.8 g
  26. 26Roasted chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products1.8 g
  27. 27Chicken thigh, braised, meat and skinPoultry Products1.8 g
  28. 28Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products1.8 g
  29. 29Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products1.8 g
  30. 30Chicken thigh, meat only, braisedPoultry Products1.8 g
  31. 31Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products1.8 g
  32. 32Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.8 g
  33. 33Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.8 g
  34. 34Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products1.8 g
  35. 35Roasted chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products1.8 g
  36. 36Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products1.8 g
  37. 37Ground ostrich, pan-broiledPoultry Products1.7 g
  38. 38Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.7 g
  39. 39Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.7 g
  40. 40Whole chicken with giblets and neck, roastedPoultry Products1.7 g
  41. 41Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products1.7 g
  42. 42Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products1.7 g
  43. 43Flour-fried chicken back, meat and skinPoultry Products1.7 g
  44. 44Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.7 g
  45. 45Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.7 g
  46. 46Stewed stewing chicken, with skinPoultry Products1.7 g
  47. 47Turkey skin, light and dark, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
  48. 48Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.7 g
  49. 49Rotisserie chicken wing, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products1.7 g
  50. 50Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products1.7 g
  51. 51Chicken thigh, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products1.6 g
  52. 52Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products1.6 g
  53. 53Chicken wing, frozen, glazed, barbecue, heatedPoultry Products1.6 g
  54. 54Stewed chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products1.6 g
  55. 55Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products1.6 g
  56. 56Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products1.6 g
  57. 57Roasted goose meatPoultry Products1.6 g
  58. 58Chicken leg, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products1.6 g
  59. 59Chicken back, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.6 g
  60. 60Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products1.6 g
  61. 61Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.6 g
  62. 62Turkey skin, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
  63. 63Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products1.6 g
  64. 64Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products1.6 g
  65. 65Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products1.6 g
  66. 66Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.6 g
  67. 67Stewed chicken, meat, skin, giblets, neckPoultry Products1.6 g
  68. 68Ostrich inside strip, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
  69. 69Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.6 g
  70. 70Roasted roasting chicken, meat, skin, giblets, neckPoultry Products1.6 g
  71. 71Chicken skin, braised, added solutionPoultry Products1.6 g
  72. 72Roasted roasting chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products1.6 g
  73. 73Raw guinea fowl, with skinPoultry Products1.6 g
  74. 74Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
  75. 75Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.6 g
  76. 76Chicken neck, meat and skin, fried in batterPoultry Products1.6 g
  77. 77Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.6 g
  78. 78Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.5 g
  79. 79Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.5 g
  80. 80Raw quail, with skinPoultry Products1.5 g
  81. 81Rotisserie chicken back, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products1.5 g
  82. 82Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
  83. 83Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products1.5 g
  84. 84Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
  85. 85Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
  86. 86Chicken neck, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
  87. 87Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.5 g
  88. 88Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.5 g
  89. 89Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products1.5 g
  90. 90Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products1.5 g
  91. 91Stewed stewing chicken, wholePoultry Products1.5 g
  92. 92Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
  93. 93Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.5 g
  94. 94Roasted chicken wing meatPoultry Products1.5 g
  95. 95Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products1.5 g
  96. 96Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products1.5 g
  97. 97Chicken thigh, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products1.5 g
  98. 98White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
  99. 99Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products1.5 g
  100. 100Cornish game hens, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.5 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.