Foods high in lysine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 5.8 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,900 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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