Foods high in leucine

Chicken breast, skinless boneless, raw tops the list with 5.1 g per serving. Ranked from 4,886 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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  1. 1Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (272 g)5.1 g
  2. 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)4.3 g
  3. 3Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)3.8 g
  4. 4Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)3.5 g
  5. 5Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3.5 g
  6. 6Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)3.4 g
  7. 7Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)3.3 g
  8. 8Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3.3 g
  9. 9Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3.2 g
  10. 10Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3.2 g
  11. 11Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)3.1 g
  12. 12Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3.1 g
  13. 13Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)3 g
  14. 14Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)3 g
  15. 15Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3 g
  16. 16Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3 g
  17. 17Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3 g
  18. 18Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)3 g
  19. 19Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)3 g
  20. 20Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3 g
  21. 21Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)3 g
  22. 22Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.9 g
  23. 23Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.9 g
  24. 24Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.9 g
  25. 25Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.8 g
  26. 26Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.8 g
  27. 27Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.8 g
  28. 28Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)2.8 g
  29. 29Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.7 g
  30. 30Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  31. 31Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  32. 32Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.6 g
  33. 33Mechanically deboned poultry, without skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)2.6 g
  34. 34Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)2.5 g
  35. 35Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.5 g
  36. 36Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)2.5 g
  37. 37Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.5 g
  38. 38Mechanically deboned turkey, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)2.5 g
  39. 39Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.4 g
  40. 40Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.3 g
  41. 41Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.3 g
  42. 42Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.2 g
  43. 43Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)2.2 g
  44. 44Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)2.2 g
  45. 45Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)2.2 g
  46. 46Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.1 g
  47. 47Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)2.1 g
  48. 48Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.1 g
  49. 49Raw duck meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook duck) (137 g)2.1 g
  50. 50Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)2.1 g
  51. 51Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.1 g
  52. 52Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.1 g
  53. 53Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.1 g
  54. 54Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2.1 g
  55. 55Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
  56. 56Mechanically deboned poultry, with skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)2 g
  57. 57Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2 g
  58. 58Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)2 g
  59. 59Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2 g
  60. 60Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)2 g
  61. 61Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)2 g
  62. 62BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2 g
  63. 63Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)2 g
  64. 64Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2 g
  65. 65Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2 g
  66. 66Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)2 g
  67. 67Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)2 g
  68. 68Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)2 g
  69. 69Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)1.9 g
  70. 70Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.9 g
  71. 71Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  72. 72Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3oz) (85 g)1.9 g
  73. 73Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.9 g
  74. 74Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  75. 75Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  76. 76Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  77. 77Chicken liver, pan-friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  78. 78Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  79. 79White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  80. 80Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)1.9 g
  81. 81Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  82. 82Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  83. 83Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)1.9 g
  84. 84Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.9 g
  85. 85Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 breast, bone removed (101 g)1.9 g
  86. 86Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)1.9 g
  87. 87Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.9 g
  88. 88BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  89. 89Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-eat pheasant) (99 g)1.9 g
  90. 90Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  91. 91Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  92. 92Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.9 g
  93. 93Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.9 g
  94. 94Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.9 g
  95. 95Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.9 g
  96. 96Turkey breast, meat and skin, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.8 g
  97. 97Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.8 g
  98. 98Ground turkey, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.8 g
  99. 99Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.8 g
  100. 100Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.8 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.