Foods high in tryptophan

Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reduced tops the list with 1.5 g per serving. Ranked from 4,838 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

Per 100 gPer servingPer 100 calories
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  1. 1Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup, sifted (107 g)1.5 g
  2. 2Winged beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (182 g)1.4 g
  3. 3Egg white, dried, powder, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup, sifted (107 g)1.4 g
  4. 4Soybeans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (186 g)1.1 g
  5. 5Spirulina, driedVegetables and Vegetable Products · 1 cup (112 g)1 g
  6. 6Soybeans, roasted, unsaltedLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (172 g)0.88 g
  7. 7Soybeans, roasted, saltedLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (172 g)0.88 g
  8. 8Carrabba's chicken parmesanRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (339 g)0.83 g
  9. 9Defatted soy meal, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (122 g)0.8 g
  10. 10TGI Friday's classic sirloin steakRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (176 g)0.73 g
  11. 11Defatted soy flourLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (105 g)0.72 g
  12. 12Dried whole eggsDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup, sifted (85 g)0.66 g
  13. 13Whole egg, dried, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup, sifted (85 g)0.66 g
  14. 14Sirloin steakRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (166 g)0.65 g
  15. 15Cracker Barrel grilled sirloin steakRestaurant Foods · 1 steak (151 g)0.62 g
  16. 16Nonfat dry milk, with vitamins A and DDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup (120 g)0.61 g
  17. 17Nonfat dry milk, unfortifiedDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup (120 g)0.61 g
  18. 18Chicken parmesan without pastaRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (301 g)0.61 g
  19. 19Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.6 g
  20. 20Applebee's mozzarella sticksRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (289 g)0.58 g
  21. 21Cottonseed flour, partially defatted, glandlessNut and Seed Products · 1 cup (94 g)0.58 g
  22. 22Dried buttermilkDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup (120 g)0.58 g
  23. 23Olive Garden chicken parmigianaRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (304 g)0.57 g
  24. 24Raw white beansLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (202 g)0.56 g
  25. 25Applebee's 9 oz house sirloin steakRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (157 g)0.56 g
  26. 26Raw royal red kidney beansLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (184 g)0.55 g
  27. 27Mungo beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (207 g)0.54 g
  28. 28Mung beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (207 g)0.54 g
  29. 29Small white beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (215 g)0.54 g
  30. 30Soybeans, dry roastedLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (93 g)0.53 g
  31. 31Cranberry beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (195 g)0.53 g
  32. 32California red kidney beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (184 g)0.53 g
  33. 33Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.53 g
  34. 34Pink beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (210 g)0.52 g
  35. 35Raw lupin beansLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (180 g)0.52 g
  36. 36Navy beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (208 g)0.51 g
  37. 37Raw kidney beansLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (184 g)0.51 g
  38. 38Yellow beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (196 g)0.51 g
  39. 39Meat extenderLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (88 g)0.51 g
  40. 40Yardlong beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (167 g)0.5 g
  41. 41Black beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (194 g)0.5 g
  42. 42Wendy's Classic Double with cheeseFast Foods · 1 item (310 g)0.5 g
  43. 43Baby lima beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (202 g)0.49 g
  44. 44Red kidney beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (184 g)0.49 g
  45. 45Raw catjang cowpeasLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (167 g)0.49 g
  46. 46Blackeye cowpeas, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (167 g)0.48 g
  47. 47Whole dry milk, fortifiedDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup (128 g)0.47 g
  48. 48Whole milk powder, no added vitamin DDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup (128 g)0.47 g
  49. 49Great northern beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (183 g)0.47 g
  50. 50Partially defatted sunflower seed flourNut and Seed Products · 1 cup (64 g)0.47 g
  51. 51Black turtle beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (184 g)0.46 g
  52. 52Elk, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.46 g
  53. 53Applebee's chicken tendersRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (209 g)0.46 g
  54. 54Raw pinto beansLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (193 g)0.46 g
  55. 55Large lima beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (178 g)0.45 g
  56. 56Toasted wheat germ cereal, plainBreakfast Cereals · 1 cup (113 g)0.45 g
  57. 57Fried mozzarella sticksRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (245 g)0.45 g
  58. 58Cracker Barrel farm raised catfishRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (178 g)0.45 g
  59. 59Butternuts, driedNut and Seed Products · 1 cup (120 g)0.44 g
  60. 60Pigeon peas, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (205 g)0.43 g
  61. 61TGI Friday's chicken fingersRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (225 g)0.43 g
  62. 62Full-fat soy flour, roastedLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup, stirred (85 g)0.43 g
  63. 63Pink or red lentils, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (192 g)0.43 g
  64. 64MisoLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (275 g)0.43 g
  65. 65Raw lentilsLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (192 g)0.42 g
  66. 66Full-fat soy flour, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup, stirred (84 g)0.42 g
  67. 67Restaurant chicken tendersRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (201 g)0.42 g
  68. 68Raw hyacinth beansLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (210 g)0.42 g
  69. 69Soybeans, boiled, without saltLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (172 g)0.42 g
  70. 70Soybeans, boiled, with saltLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (172 g)0.42 g
  71. 71Oil roasted sunflower seeds, saltedNut and Seed Products · 1 cup (135 g)0.41 g
  72. 72Sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, unsaltedNut and Seed Products · 1 cup (135 g)0.41 g
  73. 73French beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (184 g)0.41 g
  74. 74Chicken tendersFast Foods · 1 serving (184 g)0.41 g
  75. 75Denny's chicken stripsRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (194 g)0.41 g
  76. 76Denny's top sirloin steakRestaurant Foods · 1 steak (107 g)0.41 g
  77. 77Goose egg, rawDairy and Egg Products · 1 egg (144 g)0.41 g
  78. 78Green soybeans, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products · 1 cup (256 g)0.4 g
  79. 79Winged beans, boiled, with saltLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (172 g)0.4 g
  80. 80Winged beans, boiled, without saltLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (172 g)0.4 g
  81. 81Chickpeas, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (200 g)0.4 g
  82. 82Oil-roasted Spanish peanuts, saltedLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (147 g)0.4 g
  83. 83Spanish peanuts, oil-roasted, without saltLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (147 g)0.4 g
  84. 84Denny's mozzarella cheese sticksRestaurant Foods · 1 serving (228 g)0.4 g
  85. 85Fat-free egg substitute, liquid or frozenDairy and Egg Products · 1 cup (240 g)0.39 g
  86. 86Cheese quesadilla, Mexican styleRestaurant Foods · 1 serving serving size varied on diameter and count of quesadila (205 g)0.39 g
  87. 87NattoLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (175 g)0.39 g
  88. 88Caribou, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.39 g
  89. 89Hulled barleyCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (184 g)0.38 g
  90. 90Wendy's Ultimate Chicken Grill SandwichFast Foods · 1 item (225 g)0.38 g
  91. 91Valencia peanuts, oil-roasted, with saltLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (144 g)0.38 g
  92. 92Valencia peanuts, oil-roasted, without saltLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (144 g)0.38 g
  93. 93Adzuki beans, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (197 g)0.38 g
  94. 94Hard red spring wheatCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (192 g)0.37 g
  95. 95Spanish peanuts, rawLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (146 g)0.37 g
  96. 96Wild rabbit, stewedLamb, Veal, and Game Products · 3 oz (85 g)0.37 g
  97. 97Raw fava beansLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (150 g)0.37 g
  98. 98Mexican restaurant cheese enchiladaRestaurant Foods · 1 serving serving size varied from 1 to 3 enchiladas (244 g)0.37 g
  99. 99OatsCereal Grains and Pasta · 1 cup (156 g)0.37 g
  100. 100Raw peanutsLegumes and Legume Products · 1 cup (146 g)0.36 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.