Foods high in tryptophan

Raw quail breast, meat only tops the list with 0.29 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,838 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.29 g
2. 2Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products0.27 g
3. 3Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.27 g
4. 4Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products0.26 g
5. 5Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products0.25 g
6. 6Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products0.25 g
7. 7Raw quail meatPoultry Products0.25 g
8. 8Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products0.25 g
9. 9Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.25 g
10. 10Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.25 g
11. 11Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products0.25 g
12. 12Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products0.25 g
13. 13Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products0.25 g
14. 14Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products0.25 g
15. 15Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products0.24 g
16. 16Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products0.24 g
17. 17Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products0.24 g
18. 18Raw chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.24 g
19. 19Raw roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products0.24 g
20. 20Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products0.24 g
21. 21Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.23 g
22. 22Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.23 g
23. 23Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.23 g
24. 24Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products0.23 g
25. 25Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products0.23 g
26. 26Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products0.23 g
27. 27Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.23 g
28. 28Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.23 g
29. 29Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products0.23 g
30. 30Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products0.22 g
31. 31Raw turkey breast, meat only, with solutionPoultry Products0.22 g
32. 32Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
33. 33Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products0.22 g
34. 34Wild duck breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
35. 35Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
36. 36Turkey light meat, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
37. 37Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.22 g
38. 38Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
39. 39Guinea hen, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.22 g
40. 40Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products0.22 g
41. 41Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products0.22 g
42. 42Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products0.22 g
43. 43Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.22 g
44. 44Raw roasting chicken meatPoultry Products0.21 g
45. 45Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.21 g
46. 46Turkey thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
47. 47Turkey dark meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
48. 48Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
49. 49BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products0.21 g
50. 50Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
51. 51Whole turkey, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.21 g
52. 52Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.21 g
53. 53Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products0.21 g
54. 54Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.21 g
55. 55Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products0.21 g
56. 56Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products0.2 g
57. 57Raw chicken wing meatPoultry Products0.2 g
58. 58Cornish game hens, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
59. 59Whole turkey, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
60. 60Cornish game hens, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
61. 61Turkey back, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.2 g
62. 62Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products0.2 g
63. 63Raw stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products0.2 g
64. 64Raw goose meatPoultry Products0.2 g
65. 65Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
66. 66Pre-basted turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
67. 67Turkey breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.2 g
68. 68Roasted turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products0.19 g
69. 69Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.19 g
70. 70Domestic duck liver, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
71. 71Raw roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products0.19 g
72. 72Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
73. 73Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products0.19 g
74. 74Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products0.19 g
75. 75Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
76. 76Chicken drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
77. 77Raw duck meatPoultry Products0.19 g
78. 78Chicken dark meat, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
79. 79Turkey gizzard, rawPoultry Products0.19 g
80. 80Chicken drumstick, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products0.19 g
81. 81Raw turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products0.19 g
82. 82Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products0.18 g
83. 83Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.18 g
84. 84Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products0.18 g
85. 85Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products0.18 g
86. 86Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products0.18 g
87. 87Chicken leg, meat only, rawPoultry Products0.18 g
88. 88Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products0.18 g
89. 89Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.18 g
90. 90Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products0.18 g
91. 91Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products0.18 g
92. 92Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products0.18 g
93. 93Turkey thigh, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.18 g
94. 94Raw turkey back, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products0.18 g
95. 95Turkey dark meat, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products0.18 g
96. 96Turkey drumstick, meat only, with added solution, rawPoultry Products0.18 g
97. 97Turkey thigh, meat only, with solution, rawPoultry Products0.18 g
98. 98Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products0.18 g
99. 99Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products0.18 g
100. 100Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products0.18 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.