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.

  1. 1Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (272 g)0.77 g
  2. 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)0.65 g
  3. 3Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)0.58 g
  4. 4Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.54 g
  5. 5Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.54 g
  6. 6Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)0.54 g
  7. 7Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)0.53 g
  8. 8Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.51 g
  9. 9Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.51 g
  10. 10Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.5 g
  11. 11Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.49 g
  12. 12Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.48 g
  13. 13Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)0.48 g
  14. 14Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.47 g
  15. 15Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.47 g
  16. 16Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.47 g
  17. 17Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.46 g
  18. 18Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.46 g
  19. 19Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)0.46 g
  20. 20Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.46 g
  21. 21Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.45 g
  22. 22Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.45 g
  23. 23Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.45 g
  24. 24Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.44 g
  25. 25Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.44 g
  26. 26Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.43 g
  27. 27Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.42 g
  28. 28Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)0.42 g
  29. 29Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.41 g
  30. 30Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.41 g
  31. 31Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.4 g
  32. 32Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.4 g
  33. 33Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.39 g
  34. 34Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.38 g
  35. 35Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.38 g
  36. 36Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)0.35 g
  37. 37Raw duck meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook duck) (137 g)0.35 g
  38. 38Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 breast, bone removed (101 g)0.34 g
  39. 39Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.34 g
  40. 40Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.34 g
  41. 41Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.34 g
  42. 42Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.34 g
  43. 43Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.33 g
  44. 44Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.33 g
  45. 45Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)0.32 g
  46. 46Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.32 g
  47. 47Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.32 g
  48. 48Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.32 g
  49. 49Raw quail, with skinPoultry Products · 1 quail (109 g)0.31 g
  50. 50Raw quail meatPoultry Products · 1 quail (92 g)0.31 g
  51. 51Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.31 g
  52. 52White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.31 g
  53. 53Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.31 g
  54. 54Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.31 g
  55. 55Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-eat pheasant) (99 g)0.31 g
  56. 56Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)0.3 g
  57. 57Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
  58. 58Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
  59. 59Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.3 g
  60. 60Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
  61. 61Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
  62. 62Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.3 g
  63. 63Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)0.29 g
  64. 64Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.29 g
  65. 65Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.29 g
  66. 66Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.29 g
  67. 67Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)0.29 g
  68. 68Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.29 g
  69. 69White Pekin duck breast, boneless, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.29 g
  70. 70Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
  71. 71Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
  72. 72Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
  73. 73Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
  74. 74Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
  75. 75Raw stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.28 g
  76. 76Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
  77. 77Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
  78. 78Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
  79. 79Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
  80. 80Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
  81. 81Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.28 g
  82. 82Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  83. 83Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  84. 84Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  85. 85Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  86. 86Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  87. 87Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  88. 88Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)0.27 g
  89. 89Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)0.27 g
  90. 90Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  91. 91Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  92. 92Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  93. 93Raw goose meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  94. 94Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (78 g)0.27 g
  95. 95Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)0.27 g
  96. 96Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  97. 97Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  98. 98Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.27 g
  99. 99Stewed chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (90 g)0.26 g
  100. 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.