Foods high in histidine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 1.8 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,884 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products0.98 g
3. 3Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
4. 4Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.88 g
5. 5Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.87 g
6. 6Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.86 g
7. 7Canned light tuna in oil, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.86 g
8. 8European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.85 g
9. 9Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.83 g
10. 10Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.82 g
11. 11Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.81 g
12. 12Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
13. 13Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
14. 14White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
15. 15Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
16. 16Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
17. 17Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.77 g
18. 18Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.77 g
19. 19King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.77 g
20. 20Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
21. 21Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
22. 22Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
23. 23Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
24. 24Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.75 g
25. 25Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.75 g
26. 26Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products0.74 g
27. 27Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.74 g
28. 28Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
29. 29Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
30. 30Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
31. 31Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
32. 32Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
33. 33Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
34. 34Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
35. 35Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
36. 36Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
37. 37Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
38. 38Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
39. 39Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
40. 40Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
41. 41Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
42. 42Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
43. 43Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
44. 44Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
45. 45Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
46. 46Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
47. 47Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
48. 48Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
49. 49Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
50. 50Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
51. 51Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
52. 52Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
53. 53Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
54. 54Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
55. 55Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
56. 56White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
57. 57Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
58. 58Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
59. 59Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
60. 60Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
61. 61Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
62. 62Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
63. 63Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
64. 64Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
65. 65Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
66. 66Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
67. 67Pacific sardines, canned in tomato sauce, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
68. 68Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
69. 69Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
70. 70Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
71. 71Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
72. 72Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
73. 73Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
74. 74Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
75. 75Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
76. 76Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.66 g
77. 77Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.66 g
78. 78Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
79. 79Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
80. 80Farmed Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
81. 81Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
82. 82Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
83. 83Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
84. 84Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.64 g
85. 85American shad, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.64 g
86. 86Wild coho salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.64 g
87. 87White sucker, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 g
88. 88Mixed species seatrout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 g
89. 89Canned chum salmon, drained solids with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 g
90. 90Chum salmon, canned, drained solids with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 g
91. 91Ocean pout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 g
92. 92Farmed coho salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 g
93. 93Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.62 g
94. 94Pacific herring, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.62 g
95. 95Raw sharkFinfish and Shellfish Products0.62 g
96. 96Farmed rainbow trout, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.61 g
97. 97Raw Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products0.61 g
98. 98Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.61 g
99. 99Trout, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.61 g
100. 100Sturgeon, mixed species, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.61 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.