Foods high in tyrosine

Raw quail breast, meat only tops the list with 0.85 g per 100 calories. Ranked from 4,846 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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