Foods high in lysine

Roasted turkey breast, meat only tops the list with 2.2 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,900 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products2.2 g
2. 2Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.1 g
3. 3Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products2.1 g
4. 4Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products2.1 g
5. 5Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products2 g
6. 6Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products2 g
7. 7BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.9 g
8. 8Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products1.9 g
9. 9Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products1.9 g
10. 10Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products1.9 g
11. 11Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products1.9 g
12. 12Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products1.9 g
13. 13Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products1.9 g
14. 14Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products1.9 g
15. 15Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products1.8 g
16. 16Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products1.8 g
17. 17Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products1.8 g
18. 18Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products1.8 g
19. 19Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.8 g
20. 20Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.8 g
21. 21Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products1.8 g
22. 22Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.8 g
23. 23Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products1.8 g
24. 24Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.8 g
25. 25Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products1.8 g
26. 26Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.8 g
27. 27Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products1.8 g
28. 28Raw turkey breast, meat only, with solutionPoultry Products1.7 g
29. 29Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
30. 30Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products1.7 g
31. 31Raw roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products1.7 g
32. 32Raw chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.7 g
33. 33Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
34. 34Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
35. 35Turkey light meat, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
36. 36Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products1.7 g
37. 37Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
38. 38Ostrich tip trimmed, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
39. 39Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products1.7 g
40. 40Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.7 g
41. 41Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products1.7 g
42. 42Ostrich round, rawPoultry Products1.7 g
43. 43Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products1.7 g
44. 44Ostrich inside strip, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
45. 45Ostrich fan, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
46. 46Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.6 g
47. 47Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products1.6 g
48. 48Roasted turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products1.6 g
49. 49Turkey thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
50. 50Turkey dark meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
51. 51Whole turkey, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
52. 52Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
53. 53Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products1.6 g
54. 54Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products1.6 g
55. 55Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products1.6 g
56. 56Ostrich top loin, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
57. 57Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products1.6 g
58. 58Pre-basted turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.6 g
59. 59Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products1.6 g
60. 60Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products1.6 g
61. 61Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.6 g
62. 62Guinea hen, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
63. 63Ostrich tenderloin, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
64. 64Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products1.6 g
65. 65Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
66. 66Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
67. 67Whole turkey, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.6 g
68. 68Chicken drumstick, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products1.6 g
69. 69Raw roasting chicken meatPoultry Products1.6 g
70. 70Turkey back, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.6 g
71. 71Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.5 g
72. 72Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
73. 73Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
74. 74Ostrich oyster, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
75. 75Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.5 g
76. 76Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products1.5 g
77. 77Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products1.5 g
78. 78Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products1.5 g
79. 79Turkey breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
80. 80Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
81. 81Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products1.5 g
82. 82Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
83. 83Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
84. 84Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products1.5 g
85. 85Raw chicken wing meatPoultry Products1.5 g
86. 86Cornish game hens, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
87. 87Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products1.5 g
88. 88Cornish game hens, meat only, rawPoultry Products1.5 g
89. 89BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products1.5 g
90. 90Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products1.5 g
91. 91Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products1.4 g
92. 92BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skinPoultry Products1.4 g
93. 93Raw turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products1.4 g
94. 94Raw stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products1.4 g
95. 95Raw quail meatPoultry Products1.4 g
96. 96Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products1.4 g
97. 97Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products1.4 g
98. 98Raw roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products1.4 g
99. 99Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products1.4 g
100. 100Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products1.4 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.