Foods high in phenylalanine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 2.5 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,884 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products2.5 g
2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
3. 3Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
4. 4Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
5. 5Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
6. 6Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
7. 7Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
8. 8Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
9. 9Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
10. 10European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
11. 11Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
12. 12Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
13. 13Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
14. 14Fish roe, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
15. 15Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
16. 16Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
17. 17Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
18. 18Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
19. 19Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
20. 20Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
21. 21Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
22. 22White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
23. 23Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
24. 24Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
25. 25Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
26. 26Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
27. 27King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
28. 28Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
29. 29Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
30. 30Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
31. 31Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
32. 32Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
33. 33Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
34. 34Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1 g
35. 35Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.0 g
36. 36Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.0 g
37. 37Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.99 g
38. 38Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.99 g
39. 39Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products0.99 g
40. 40Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.98 g
41. 41Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.97 g
42. 42Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.97 g
43. 43Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.97 g
44. 44Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products0.97 g
45. 45Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.97 g
46. 46Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.97 g
47. 47Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products0.97 g
48. 48Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.96 g
49. 49Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.96 g
50. 50Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products0.96 g
51. 51Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.96 g
52. 52Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.96 g
53. 53Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.95 g
54. 54Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.95 g
55. 55Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products0.95 g
56. 56Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.95 g
57. 57Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.95 g
58. 58Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.95 g
59. 59Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.94 g
60. 60Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.94 g
61. 61Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.94 g
62. 62Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.94 g
63. 63Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.93 g
64. 64Breaded and fried shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products0.93 g
65. 65Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.93 g
66. 66Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.93 g
67. 67Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.93 g
68. 68Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.93 g
69. 69Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
70. 70Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
71. 71Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
72. 72White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
73. 73Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
74. 74Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
75. 75Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
76. 76Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
77. 77Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
78. 78Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.92 g
79. 79Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.91 g
80. 80Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products0.91 g
81. 81Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.91 g
82. 82Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products0.91 g
83. 83Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.91 g
84. 84Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.9 g
85. 85Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products0.9 g
86. 86Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.9 g
87. 87Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.9 g
88. 88Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.89 g
89. 89Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products0.89 g
90. 90Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.89 g
91. 91Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products0.89 g
92. 92Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.88 g
93. 93Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.88 g
94. 94Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.88 g
95. 95Canned sockeye salmon, total can contentsFinfish and Shellfish Products0.88 g
96. 96Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.88 g
97. 97Blue crab cakesFinfish and Shellfish Products0.87 g
98. 98Raw mixed species spiny lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products0.87 g
99. 99Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.87 g
100. 100Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.86 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.