Foods high in tryptophan
Chicken breast, skinless boneless, raw tops the list with 0.77 g per serving. Ranked from 4,838 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.
- 1Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (272 g)0.77 g
- 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)0.65 g
- 3Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)0.58 g
- 4Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.54 g
- 5Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.54 g
- 6Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)0.54 g
- 7Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)0.53 g
- 8Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.51 g
- 9Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.51 g
- 10Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.5 g
- 11Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.49 g
- 12Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.48 g
- 13Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)0.48 g
- 14Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.47 g
- 15Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.47 g
- 16Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.47 g
- 17Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.46 g
- 18Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.46 g
- 19Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)0.46 g
- 20Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.46 g
- 21Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.45 g
- 22Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.45 g
- 23Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.45 g
- 24Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.44 g
- 25Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.44 g
- 26Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.43 g
- 27Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.42 g
- 28Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.42 g
- 29Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.41 g
- 30Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.41 g
- 31Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.4 g
- 32Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.4 g
- 33Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.39 g
- 34Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.38 g
- 35Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.38 g
- 36Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)0.35 g
- 37Raw duck meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook duck) (137 g)0.35 g
- 38Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 breast, bone removed (101 g)0.34 g
- 39Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.34 g
- 40Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.34 g
- 41Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.34 g
- 42Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.34 g
- 43Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.33 g
- 44Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.33 g
- 45Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.32 g
- 46Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.32 g
- 47Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.32 g
- 48Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.32 g
- 49Raw quail, with skinPoultry Products · 1 quail (109 g)0.31 g
- 50Raw quail meatPoultry Products · 1 quail (92 g)0.31 g
- 51Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.31 g
- 52White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.31 g
- 53Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.31 g
- 54Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.31 g
- 55Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-eat pheasant) (99 g)0.31 g
- 56Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)0.3 g
- 57Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
- 58Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
- 59Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.3 g
- 60Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
- 61Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
- 62Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
- 63Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)0.29 g
- 64Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.29 g
- 65Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.29 g
- 66Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.29 g
- 67Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.29 g
- 68Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.29 g
- 69White Pekin duck breast, boneless, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.29 g
- 70Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
- 71Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
- 72Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
- 73Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
- 74Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
- 75Raw stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
- 76Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
- 77Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
- 78Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
- 79Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
- 80Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
- 81Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
- 82Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 83Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 84Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 85Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 86Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 87Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 88Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.27 g
- 89Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)0.27 g
- 90Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 91Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 92Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 93Raw goose meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 94Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (78 g)0.27 g
- 95Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.27 g
- 96Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 97Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 98Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
- 99Stewed chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (90 g)0.26 g
- 100Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.26 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.