Foods high in methionine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 1.9 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,899 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.9 g
2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
3. 3Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
4. 4Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.89 g
5. 5Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.88 g
6. 6Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.86 g
7. 7Canned light tuna in oil, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.86 g
8. 8Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.86 g
9. 9European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.85 g
10. 10Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.83 g
11. 11Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.83 g
12. 12Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.81 g
13. 13Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.79 g
14. 14Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.79 g
15. 15White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.79 g
16. 16Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
17. 17Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
18. 18Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.78 g
19. 19King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.77 g
20. 20Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.77 g
21. 21Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.77 g
22. 22Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
23. 23Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
24. 24Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
25. 25Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
26. 26Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.76 g
27. 27Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.75 g
28. 28Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products0.75 g
29. 29Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.75 g
30. 30Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.74 g
31. 31Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.74 g
32. 32Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.74 g
33. 33Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.74 g
34. 34Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.74 g
35. 35Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
36. 36Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
37. 37Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
38. 38Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
39. 39Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
40. 40Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
41. 41Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
42. 42Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
43. 43Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.73 g
44. 44Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
45. 45Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
46. 46Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
47. 47Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
48. 48Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
49. 49Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
50. 50Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
51. 51Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.72 g
52. 52Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
53. 53Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
54. 54Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.71 g
55. 55Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
56. 56Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
57. 57Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
58. 58Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
59. 59Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
60. 60Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
61. 61Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
62. 62White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
63. 63Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
64. 64Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
65. 65Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
66. 66Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.7 g
67. 67Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
68. 68Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
69. 69Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
70. 70Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
71. 71Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
72. 72Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
73. 73Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
74. 74Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
75. 75Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
76. 76Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.69 g
77. 77Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
78. 78Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
79. 79Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
80. 80Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products0.68 g
81. 81Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
82. 82Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
83. 83Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
84. 84Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
85. 85Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
86. 86Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
87. 87Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
88. 88Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.67 g
89. 89Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.66 g
90. 90Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.66 g
91. 91Farmed Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
92. 92Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
93. 93Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
94. 94Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products0.65 g
95. 95American shad, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.64 g
96. 96Wild coho salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.64 g
97. 97White sucker, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.64 g
98. 98Mixed species seatrout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.64 g
99. 99Canned chum salmon, drained solids with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 g
100. 100Chum salmon, canned, drained solids with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.63 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.