Foods high in leucine

Roasted turkey breast, meat only tops the list with 1.8 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,886 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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