Foods high in leucine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 5.1 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,886 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products5.1 g
2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products3.8 g
3. 3Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.5 g
4. 4Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.5 g
5. 5Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
6. 6Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
7. 7Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
8. 8Canned light tuna in oil, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products2.4 g
9. 9European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
10. 10Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
11. 11Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
12. 12Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.3 g
13. 13Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
14. 14Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
15. 15Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
16. 16Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
17. 17White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.2 g
18. 18Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
19. 19Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
20. 20Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
21. 21Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
22. 22King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
23. 23Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
24. 24Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
25. 25Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
26. 26Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
27. 27Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
28. 28Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
29. 29Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
30. 30Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
31. 31Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
32. 32Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
33. 33Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
34. 34Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
35. 35Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
36. 36Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
37. 37Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
38. 38Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
39. 39Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
40. 40Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
41. 41Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
42. 42Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
43. 43Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
44. 44Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
45. 45Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
46. 46Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
47. 47Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
48. 48Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
49. 49Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
50. 50Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
51. 51Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
52. 52Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
53. 53Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
54. 54Fish roe, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products2 g
55. 55Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
56. 56Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
57. 57Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
58. 58Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
59. 59Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
60. 60Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
61. 61Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
62. 62Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
63. 63White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
64. 64Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
65. 65Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
66. 66Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
67. 67Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
68. 68Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
69. 69Raw whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
70. 70Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
71. 71Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
72. 72Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
73. 73Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
74. 74Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
75. 75Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
76. 76Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
77. 77Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
78. 78Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
79. 79Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
80. 80Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
81. 81Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
82. 82Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
83. 83Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
84. 84Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
85. 85Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
86. 86Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
87. 87Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
88. 88Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
89. 89Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
90. 90Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
91. 91Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
92. 92Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
93. 93Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
94. 94Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
95. 95Farmed Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
96. 96Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
97. 97Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
98. 98American shad, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
99. 99Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 g
100. 100Wild coho salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.8 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.