Foods high in methionine

Chicken breast, skinless boneless, raw tops the list with 1.6 g per serving. Ranked from 4,899 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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  1. 1Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (272 g)1.6 g
  2. 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)1.4 g
  3. 3Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
  4. 4Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)1.3 g
  5. 5Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  6. 6Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  7. 7Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.2 g
  8. 8Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)1.2 g
  9. 9Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  10. 10Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  11. 11Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  12. 12Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)1.1 g
  13. 13Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)1.1 g
  14. 14Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  15. 15Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)1.1 g
  16. 16Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  17. 17Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  18. 18Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  19. 19Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.1 g
  20. 20Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1 g
  21. 21Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1 g
  22. 22Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1 g
  23. 23Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.98 g
  24. 24Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.97 g
  25. 25Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.97 g
  26. 26Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.95 g
  27. 27Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.95 g
  28. 28Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.94 g
  29. 29Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)0.93 g
  30. 30Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.93 g
  31. 31Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.92 g
  32. 32Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.9 g
  33. 33Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.9 g
  34. 34Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.9 g
  35. 35Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)0.9 g
  36. 36Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.89 g
  37. 37Mechanically deboned poultry, without skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.88 g
  38. 38Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.85 g
  39. 39Mechanically deboned turkey, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.85 g
  40. 40Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.82 g
  41. 41Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.8 g
  42. 42Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.79 g
  43. 43Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.78 g
  44. 44Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)0.77 g
  45. 45Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.74 g
  46. 46Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  47. 47Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.73 g
  48. 48Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)0.72 g
  49. 49Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.72 g
  50. 50Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.72 g
  51. 51Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.71 g
  52. 52Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.71 g
  53. 53Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.71 g
  54. 54BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.71 g
  55. 55Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.7 g
  56. 56Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.7 g
  57. 57Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.7 g
  58. 58Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.7 g
  59. 59Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)0.7 g
  60. 60Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.7 g
  61. 61Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)0.7 g
  62. 62Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 breast, bone removed (101 g)0.7 g
  63. 63Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)0.69 g
  64. 64Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)0.69 g
  65. 65Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.69 g
  66. 66Mechanically deboned poultry, with skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.69 g
  67. 67BBQ rotisserie chicken wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.69 g
  68. 68Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.69 g
  69. 69Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.69 g
  70. 70Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)0.68 g
  71. 71Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3oz) (85 g)0.68 g
  72. 72Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)0.68 g
  73. 73Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.68 g
  74. 74Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.68 g
  75. 75Raw duck meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook duck) (137 g)0.68 g
  76. 76Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)0.68 g
  77. 77Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  78. 78Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  79. 79Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  80. 80Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  81. 81Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  82. 82Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  83. 83Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.67 g
  84. 84Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.67 g
  85. 85Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)0.67 g
  86. 86Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  87. 87Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.67 g
  88. 88Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.67 g
  89. 89Raw stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.66 g
  90. 90Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.66 g
  91. 91Rotisserie chicken back, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)0.66 g
  92. 92Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.66 g
  93. 93Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.66 g
  94. 94Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.66 g
  95. 95BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.66 g
  96. 96BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.65 g
  97. 97Ground turkey, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.65 g
  98. 98Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.65 g
  99. 99Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.65 g
  100. 100Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.65 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.