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.

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. 8Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.34 g
9. 9Sockeye salmon, 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. 14Canned light tuna in oil, 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. 17Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.32 g
18. 18Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish 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. 25Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.3 g
26. 26White tuna, canned in oil, 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. 34Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.29 g
35. 35Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products0.29 g
36. 36Pacific mackerel and jack, 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. 41Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
42. 42Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
43. 43Smoked haddockFinfish 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. 47Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
48. 48Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
49. 49Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
50. 50Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.28 g
51. 51Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish 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. 57Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
58. 58Tilefish, 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. 67Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
68. 68Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
69. 69Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
70. 70Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
71. 71Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
72. 72Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
73. 73Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
74. 74Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
75. 75Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
76. 76Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.27 g
77. 77White tuna, canned in water, 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. 80Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
81. 81Wild coho salmon, 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 haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
86. 86Cooked shrimpFinfish 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. 89Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
90. 90Raw queen crabFinfish 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. 95Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products0.26 g
96. 96Cooked striped bassFinfish 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. 100Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products0.25 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.