Foods high in lysine

Roasted turkey wing, meat only tops the list with 3.1 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,900 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products3.1 g
2. 2Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products3.1 g
3. 3Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products3 g
4. 4Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products3 g
5. 5Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products2.9 g
6. 6Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products2.9 g
7. 7Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.9 g
8. 8Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.9 g
9. 9Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products2.8 g
10. 10Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.8 g
11. 11Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products2.8 g
12. 12Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products2.8 g
13. 13BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products2.8 g
14. 14Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.8 g
15. 15Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.8 g
16. 16Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products2.7 g
17. 17Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.7 g
18. 18Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products2.7 g
19. 19Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
20. 20Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products2.6 g
21. 21Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.6 g
22. 22Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
23. 23Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.6 g
24. 24Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products2.6 g
25. 25Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products2.6 g
26. 26Roasted turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products2.6 g
27. 27Roasted chicken wing meatPoultry Products2.6 g
28. 28Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products2.6 g
29. 29Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products2.6 g
30. 30Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
31. 31Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.6 g
32. 32Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products2.6 g
33. 33Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.6 g
34. 34Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products2.5 g
35. 35BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skinPoultry Products2.5 g
36. 36Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products2.5 g
37. 37BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products2.5 g
38. 38Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products2.5 g
39. 39Chicken back, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.5 g
40. 40Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products2.5 g
41. 41Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products2.5 g
42. 42Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.5 g
43. 43Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.5 g
44. 44Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products2.5 g
45. 45Roasted goose meatPoultry Products2.5 g
46. 46Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.5 g
47. 47Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products2.5 g
48. 48Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products2.5 g
49. 49Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products2.5 g
50. 50Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.5 g
51. 51Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products2.5 g
52. 52Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products2.4 g
53. 53Chicken drumstick, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.4 g
54. 54Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products2.4 g
55. 55Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
56. 56Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products2.4 g
57. 57Chicken leg, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.4 g
58. 58Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
59. 59Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
60. 60Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products2.4 g
61. 61Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
62. 62Turkey thigh, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
63. 63Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.4 g
64. 64Roasted chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products2.4 g
65. 65Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products2.4 g
66. 66Turkey light meat, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
67. 67Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products2.4 g
68. 68Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.4 g
69. 69Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products2.3 g
70. 70Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products2.3 g
71. 71Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products2.3 g
72. 72Chicken thigh, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
73. 73Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
74. 74Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products2.3 g
75. 75Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products2.3 g
76. 76Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products2.3 g
77. 77Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.3 g
78. 78Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products2.3 g
79. 79Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products2.3 g
80. 80Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products2.3 g
81. 81Ground ostrich, pan-broiledPoultry Products2.3 g
82. 82Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products2.3 g
83. 83Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products2.3 g
84. 84Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products2.3 g
85. 85Chicken wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
86. 86Turkey thigh, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
87. 87Turkey back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
88. 88Turkey dark meat, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
89. 89Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
90. 90Turkey, whole, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
91. 91Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products2.3 g
92. 92White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
93. 93Chicken neck, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.3 g
94. 94Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products2.3 g
95. 95Chicken leg, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
96. 96Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products2.3 g
97. 97Chicken thigh, roasted, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products2.2 g
98. 98Rotisserie chicken thigh, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.2 g
99. 99Chicken leg, meat only, stewedPoultry Products2.2 g
100. 100Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products2.2 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.