Foods high in tryptophan

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 0.7 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,838 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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