Foods high in methionine
Cooked oat bran tops the list with 0.14 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,899 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.
- 1Cooked oat branCereal Grains and Pasta0.14 g
- 2Raw oat branCereal Grains and Pasta0.14 g
- 3Crude wheat germCereal Grains and Pasta0.13 g
- 4Teff, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.12 g
- 5Raw wild riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.12 g
- 6Cooked wild riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.12 g
- 7Uncooked teffCereal Grains and Pasta0.12 g
- 8Crude wheat branCereal Grains and Pasta0.11 g
- 9Crude rice branCereal Grains and Pasta0.097 g
- 10Protein-fortified spaghetti, dryCereal Grains and Pasta0.085 g
- 11Uncooked quinoaCereal Grains and Pasta0.084 g
- 12Millet flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.084 g
- 13Barley malt flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.081 g
- 14OatsCereal Grains and Pasta0.08 g
- 15Quinoa, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.08 g
- 16Protein-fortified spaghetti, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.079 g
- 17Cooked homemade egg pastaCereal Grains and Pasta0.078 g
- 18Uncooked speltCereal Grains and Pasta0.076 g
- 19Uncooked khorasan wheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.074 g
- 20Cooked khorasan wheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.073 g
- 21Cooked Japanese soba noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.073 g
- 22Fresh spinach pasta, as purchasedCereal Grains and Pasta0.072 g
- 23Cooked fresh spinach pastaCereal Grains and Pasta0.072 g
- 24Dry enriched spinach egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.071 g
- 25Cooked enriched spinach egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.07 g
- 26Hard red spring wheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.07 g
- 27Dry enriched egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.07 g
- 28Dry unenriched egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.07 g
- 29Hulled barleyCereal Grains and Pasta0.068 g
- 30Whole-grain wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.067 g
- 31Durum wheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.065 g
- 32Cooked whole-wheat pastaCereal Grains and Pasta0.065 g
- 33Enriched egg noodles, cooked, with saltCereal Grains and Pasta0.062 g
- 34Cooked unenriched egg noodles, with added saltCereal Grains and Pasta0.062 g
- 35Cooked enriched egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.062 g
- 36Egg noodles, cooked, without saltCereal Grains and Pasta0.062 g
- 37Hard red winter wheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.061 g
- 38Dark rye flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.061 g
- 39Whole-grain triticale flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.061 g
- 40Amaranth grain, uncookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.061 g
- 41Dry Japanese soba noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.061 g
- 42TriticaleCereal Grains and Pasta0.061 g
- 43Fresh plain pasta, as purchasedCereal Grains and Pasta0.06 g
- 44Cooked fresh plain pastaCereal Grains and Pasta0.06 g
- 45Millet, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.059 g
- 46Sprouted wheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.059 g
- 47Barley flour or mealCereal Grains and Pasta0.059 g
- 48Raw milletCereal Grains and Pasta0.058 g
- 49Enriched white bread flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.058 g
- 50Unenriched bread flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.058 g
- 51Bulgur, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.058 g
- 52Cooked enriched parboiled white riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.058 g
- 53Tinkyada brown rice pasta, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.057 g
- 54Cooked unenriched parboiled long-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.057 g
- 55Dry spinach spaghettiCereal Grains and Pasta0.056 g
- 56Bleached white wheat flour, 15% protein, enrichedCereal Grains and Pasta0.056 g
- 57Bleached white wheat flour, 15% protein, unenrichedCereal Grains and Pasta0.056 g
- 58Dry enriched vegetable macaroniCereal Grains and Pasta0.056 g
- 59Bulgur, dryCereal Grains and Pasta0.056 g
- 60Enriched semolinaCereal Grains and Pasta0.055 g
- 61Unenriched semolinaCereal Grains and Pasta0.055 g
- 62Cooked homemade eggless pastaCereal Grains and Pasta0.055 g
- 63Cooked enriched vegetable macaroniCereal Grains and Pasta0.055 g
- 64Spinach spaghetti, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.055 g
- 65Pearled barley, rawCereal Grains and Pasta0.054 g
- 66White corn grainCereal Grains and Pasta0.054 g
- 67Yellow corn grainCereal Grains and Pasta0.054 g
- 68Dry couscousCereal Grains and Pasta0.053 g
- 69Cooked couscousCereal Grains and Pasta0.053 g
- 70Soft red winter wheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.053 g
- 71White self-rising cornmeal, enrichedCereal Grains and Pasta0.052 g
- 72Yellow self-rising bolted plain enriched cornmealCereal Grains and Pasta0.052 g
- 73Sorghum grainCereal Grains and Pasta0.051 g
- 74Bleached enriched all-purpose white wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 75Enriched all-purpose white flour, calcium-fortifiedCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 76All-purpose flour, enriched, unbleachedCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 77Unenriched all-purpose white flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 78BuckwheatCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 79White industrial flour, 13% protein, enrichedCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 80Bleached white wheat flour, 13% protein, unenrichedCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 81Dry Japanese somen noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 82White self-rising cornmeal with wheat, enrichedCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 83Yellow self-rising bolted enriched cornmeal, with wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.05 g
- 84Dry enriched instant white riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.049 g
- 85Enriched self-rising all-purpose white wheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.049 g
- 86Whole-groat buckwheat flourCereal Grains and Pasta0.049 g
- 87Dry enriched parboiled white riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.049 g
- 88Dry unenriched parboiled long-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.049 g
- 89Raw brown long-grain riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.049 g
- 90Cooked enriched long-grain white rice, with saltCereal Grains and Pasta0.048 g
- 91White long-grain rice, cooked, with saltCereal Grains and Pasta0.048 g
- 92Cooked enriched long-grain white riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.048 g
- 93Cooked unenriched long-grain white rice, without saltCereal Grains and Pasta0.048 g
- 94Cooked white glutinous riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.048 g
- 95Roasted buckwheat groats, cookedCereal Grains and Pasta0.048 g
- 96Cooked Japanese somen noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta0.047 g
- 97Cooked brown long-grain riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.047 g
- 98White whole-grain cornmealCereal Grains and Pasta0.047 g
- 99Whole-grain yellow cornmealCereal Grains and Pasta0.047 g
- 100Raw brown medium-grain riceCereal Grains and Pasta0.047 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.