Foods high in histidine

Deer, roasted tops the list with 1.5 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,884 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Deer, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.5 g
2. 2Wild boar, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
3. 3Antelope, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
4. 4Beaver, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.4 g
5. 5Veal top round, braised, leanLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
6. 6Veal top round, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
7. 7Veal shoulder arm, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
8. 8Veal stew meat, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
9. 9Veal rib, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.3 g
10. 10Bison chuck shoulder clod, lean only, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
11. 11Veal sirloin, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
12. 12Veal shoulder, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
13. 13Veal shoulder, arm, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
14. 14Veal loin, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
15. 15Veal top round, lean, pan-friedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
16. 16Veal shoulder, blade, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
17. 17Caribou, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
18. 18Veal rib, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
19. 19Veal shank, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
20. 20Veal shoulder, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
21. 21Veal, cooked, leanLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
22. 22Veal top round cutlet, boneless, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
23. 23Veal top round, lean and fat, pan-friedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.2 g
24. 24Veal shank, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
25. 25Deer meat, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
26. 26Veal shoulder, blade, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
27. 27Veal sirloin, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
28. 28Lamb shoulder arm, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
29. 29Bison top round, lean, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
30. 30Veal breast, boneless, lean only, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
31. 31Veal loin, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
32. 32Veal, lean and fat, cookedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
33. 33Wild boar, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
34. 34Australian lamb shoulder arm, lean only, 1/8" trim, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
35. 35Horse meat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
36. 36Veal loin chop, lean, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
37. 37Bison ribeye, lean, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
38. 38Lamb, New Zealand, imported, frozen, shoulder, whole (arm and blade), separable lean only, cooked, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
39. 39Deer shoulder, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
40. 40Lamb stew cubes, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
41. 41Antelope, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
42. 42Veal osso buco, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.1 g
43. 43Lamb shoulder, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
44. 44Bison top sirloin, lean only, 1" steak, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
45. 45Lamb shoulder blade, lean, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
46. 46Veal breast point, boneless, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
47. 47Veal top round, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
48. 48Veal loin chop, lean and fat, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
49. 49Veal osso buco, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
50. 50Veal top round, lean and fat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products1 g
51. 51Veal top round, breaded, pan-fried, leanLamb, Veal, and Game Products1.0 g
52. 52Veal blade chop, lean only, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.99 g
53. 53Lamb shoulder arm, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.98 g
54. 54Moose, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.98 g
55. 55Lamb foreshank, lean, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.98 g
56. 56Veal breast, boneless, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.98 g
57. 57Elk, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.96 g
58. 58Lamb shoulder arm, lean and fat, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.96 g
59. 59Veal top round, lean and fat, breaded, pan-friedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.96 g
60. 60Veal sirloin, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.96 g
61. 61Elk loin, lean only, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
62. 62Veal loin, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
63. 63Elk round, lean only, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
64. 64Deer top round, lean only, 1" steak, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
65. 65Lamb loin, lean, choice, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
66. 66Veal shoulder arm, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
67. 67Elk tenderloin, lean only, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
68. 68Beaver, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.95 g
69. 69Australian lamb shoulder arm, lean and fat, 1/8" trim, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.94 g
70. 70Veal breast plate, boneless, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.94 g
71. 71Ground veal, pan-friedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.94 g
72. 72Lamb, New Zealand, imported, frozen, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable lean only, cookedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.94 g
73. 73Veal shoulder, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.94 g
74. 74Veal rib, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.94 g
75. 75Veal blade chop, lean and fat, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.93 g
76. 76Grass-fed ground bison, cookedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.93 g
77. 77Lamb shoulder, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.93 g
78. 78NZ lamb shoulder, frozen, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.93 g
79. 79Veal shoulder blade, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.93 g
80. 80Lamb, New Zealand, imported, frozen, loin, separable lean only, cooked, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.93 g
81. 81Wild rabbit, stewedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.93 g
82. 82Veal shoulder arm, lean and fat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.92 g
83. 83Veal shoulder, lean and fat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.92 g
84. 84Lamb shoulder blade, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.92 g
85. 85Veal shoulder, blade, lean and fat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.91 g
86. 86Veal sirloin, lean and fat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.91 g
87. 87Lamb shoulder, lean and fat, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.91 g
88. 88Deer loin, lean, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.91 g
89. 89Lamb shoulder blade, lean and fat, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
90. 90Veal loin, lean and fat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
91. 91Lamb foreshank, lean and fat, choice, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
92. 92Lamb foreshank, lean and fat, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
93. 93Lamb sirloin, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
94. 94Caribou, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
95. 95Lamb leg, lean, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
96. 96Deer tenderloin, lean only, broiledLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
97. 97Muskrat, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.9 g
98. 98Lamb, lean, 1/4" fat, choice, cookedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.89 g
99. 99Lamb, New Zealand, imported, frozen, shoulder, whole (arm and blade), separable lean and fat, cooked, braisedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.89 g
100. 100Lamb leg shank, lean, choice, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products0.89 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.