Foods high in histidine

Chicken breast, skinless boneless, raw tops the list with 2.3 g per serving. Ranked from 4,884 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

  1. 1Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (272 g)2.3 g
  2. 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)1.9 g
  3. 3Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.4 g
  4. 4Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)1.4 g
  5. 5Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  6. 6Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  7. 7Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  8. 8Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)1.3 g
  9. 9Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  10. 10Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  11. 11Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  12. 12Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)1.3 g
  13. 13Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  14. 14Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  15. 15Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)1.2 g
  16. 16Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  17. 17Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  18. 18Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  19. 19Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  20. 20Mechanically deboned turkey, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)1.1 g
  21. 21Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  22. 22Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)1.1 g
  23. 23Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)1.1 g
  24. 24Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)1.1 g
  25. 25Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  26. 26Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  27. 27Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  28. 28Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  29. 29Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1 g
  30. 30Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1 g
  31. 31Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1 g
  32. 32Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)1 g
  33. 33Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1 g
  34. 34Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.98 g
  35. 35Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.97 g
  36. 36Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)0.96 g
  37. 37Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)0.95 g
  38. 38Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.94 g
  39. 39Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.91 g
  40. 40Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.9 g
  41. 41Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.9 g
  42. 42Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.9 g
  43. 43Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.89 g
  44. 44Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.88 g
  45. 45Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-eat pheasant) (99 g)0.88 g
  46. 46BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.87 g
  47. 47Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.87 g
  48. 48Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.86 g
  49. 49Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 breast, bone removed (101 g)0.83 g
  50. 50Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.83 g
  51. 51Mechanically deboned poultry, without skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.82 g
  52. 52Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.81 g
  53. 53BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.81 g
  54. 54Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.8 g
  55. 55Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.8 g
  56. 56Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.8 g
  57. 57Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.8 g
  58. 58Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.8 g
  59. 59Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.79 g
  60. 60Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.79 g
  61. 61Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.78 g
  62. 62Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)0.77 g
  63. 63Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.77 g
  64. 64Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)0.77 g
  65. 65Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.77 g
  66. 66Raw quail meatPoultry Products · 1 quail (92 g)0.76 g
  67. 67Raw quail, with skinPoultry Products · 1 quail (109 g)0.76 g
  68. 68Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.76 g
  69. 69Chicken wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.75 g
  70. 70Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.75 g
  71. 71Raw stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.75 g
  72. 72Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.75 g
  73. 73Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.74 g
  74. 74Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.74 g
  75. 75Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.74 g
  76. 76Pheasant, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  77. 77Turkey breast, meat and skin, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.73 g
  78. 78Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  79. 79Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  80. 80Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  81. 81Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  82. 82Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  83. 83Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.72 g
  84. 84Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.72 g
  85. 85Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.72 g
  86. 86Mechanically deboned poultry, with skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.72 g
  87. 87Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.72 g
  88. 88Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.72 g
  89. 89Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.72 g
  90. 90Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.72 g
  91. 91Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.71 g
  92. 92Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.71 g
  93. 93Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (78 g)0.71 g
  94. 94Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.7 g
  95. 95Chicken wing, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (107 g)0.7 g
  96. 96Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.7 g
  97. 97Stewed chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (90 g)0.7 g
  98. 98Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.69 g
  99. 99Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.69 g
  100. 100Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.69 g

More rankings

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.