Foods high in isoleucine

Raw roasting chicken light meat tops the list with 1.1 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,886 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

  1. 1Raw roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products1.1 g
  2. 2Raw chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.1 g
  3. 3Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products1 g
  4. 4Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products1 g
  5. 5Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products1 g
  6. 6Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1 g
  7. 7Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products1 g
  8. 8Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products1.0 g
  9. 9Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.99 g
  10. 10Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products0.99 g
  11. 11Guinea hen, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.99 g
  12. 12Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products0.98 g
  13. 13Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products0.98 g
  14. 14Raw roasting chicken meatPoultry Products0.97 g
  15. 15Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.96 g
  16. 16Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products0.96 g
  17. 17Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products0.96 g
  18. 18Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products0.95 g
  19. 19Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products0.94 g
  20. 20Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.94 g
  21. 21Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.94 g
  22. 22Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products0.94 g
  23. 23Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products0.94 g
  24. 24Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products0.94 g
  25. 25Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products0.94 g
  26. 26Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products0.93 g
  27. 27Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products0.93 g
  28. 28Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products0.93 g
  29. 29Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products0.93 g
  30. 30Raw chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.92 g
  31. 31Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products0.92 g
  32. 32Cornish game hens, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.92 g
  33. 33Cornish game hens, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.91 g
  34. 34Ostrich tip trimmed, rawPoultry Products0.91 g
  35. 35Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.9 g
  36. 36Ostrich round, rawPoultry Products0.9 g
  37. 37Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products0.9 g
  38. 38Raw stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products0.89 g
  39. 39Ostrich inside strip, rawPoultry Products0.89 g
  40. 40Raw quail meatPoultry Products0.89 g
  41. 41Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products0.89 g
  42. 42Pre-basted turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.89 g
  43. 43Ostrich fan, rawPoultry Products0.89 g
  44. 44Raw roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products0.88 g
  45. 45Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products0.87 g
  46. 46Ostrich top loin, rawPoultry Products0.87 g
  47. 47Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products0.86 g
  48. 48Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products0.86 g
  49. 49Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products0.86 g
  50. 50BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.85 g
  51. 51Ostrich tenderloin, rawPoultry Products0.85 g
  52. 52Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products0.85 g
  53. 53Chicken dark meat, rawPoultry Products0.85 g
  54. 54Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products0.83 g
  55. 55Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.83 g
  56. 56Wild duck breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.83 g
  57. 57Ostrich oyster, rawPoultry Products0.82 g
  58. 58Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products0.82 g
  59. 59Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.82 g
  60. 60Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products0.82 g
  61. 61Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products0.81 g
  62. 62Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products0.81 g
  63. 63Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products0.8 g
  64. 64Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.8 g
  65. 65Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.8 g
  66. 66Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.8 g
  67. 67Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.79 g
  68. 68Roasted chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.79 g
  69. 69Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products0.79 g
  70. 70Chicken drumstick, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products0.79 g
  71. 71Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.78 g
  72. 72Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.78 g
  73. 73Chicken drumstick, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.77 g
  74. 74Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.77 g
  75. 75Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.77 g
  76. 76Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products0.77 g
  77. 77Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.77 g
  78. 78Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products0.76 g
  79. 79Boneless turkey roast, frozen, seasoned, rawPoultry Products0.76 g
  80. 80Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products0.76 g
  81. 81Raw stewing chicken meatPoultry Products0.76 g
  82. 82Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.75 g
  83. 83Chicken back, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.75 g
  84. 84Chicken leg, meat only, stewedPoultry Products0.75 g
  85. 85Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.75 g
  86. 86Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.74 g
  87. 87Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products0.74 g
  88. 88Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products0.74 g
  89. 89Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products0.74 g
  90. 90Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.73 g
  91. 91Raw guinea fowl, with skinPoultry Products0.73 g
  92. 92Domestic duck liver, rawPoultry Products0.73 g
  93. 93Emu outside drum, rawPoultry Products0.73 g
  94. 94Raw goose meatPoultry Products0.73 g
  95. 95Chicken neck, meat only, simmeredPoultry Products0.72 g
  96. 96Chicken giblets, rawPoultry Products0.72 g
  97. 97Chicken leg, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.72 g
  98. 98Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products0.72 g
  99. 99Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products0.71 g
  100. 100Capon giblets, rawPoultry Products0.71 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.