Foods high in valine

Atlantic cod, dried and salted tops the list with 3.2 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,886 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products3.2 g
2. 2Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products2.1 g
3. 3Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.7 g
4. 4Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.6 g
5. 5Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
6. 6Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
7. 7Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
8. 8Canned light tuna in oil, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
9. 9European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
10. 10Sockeye salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
11. 11Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
12. 12Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.5 g
13. 13Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
14. 14Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
15. 15Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
16. 16Trout, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
17. 17Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
18. 18White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
19. 19Milkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
20. 20Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.4 g
21. 21King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
22. 22Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
23. 23Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
24. 24Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
25. 25Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
26. 26Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
27. 27Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
28. 28Pink salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
29. 29Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
30. 30Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
31. 31Fish roe, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
32. 32Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
33. 33Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
34. 34Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
35. 35Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
36. 36Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
37. 37Farmed rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
38. 38Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
39. 39Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
40. 40Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
41. 41Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
42. 42Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
43. 43Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
44. 44Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
45. 45Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
46. 46Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
47. 47Walleye pike, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
48. 48Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
49. 49Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
50. 50Mixed species whitefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
51. 51Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
52. 52Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
53. 53Farmed coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.3 g
54. 54Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
55. 55Cooked freshwater bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
56. 56Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
57. 57Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
58. 58Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
59. 59Raw sockeye salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
60. 60Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
61. 61Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
62. 62Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
63. 63Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
64. 64Cooked mixed species eelFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
65. 65Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
66. 66Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
67. 67White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
68. 68Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
69. 69Spanish mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
70. 70Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
71. 71Whiting, mixed species, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
72. 72Wild coho salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
73. 73Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
74. 74Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
75. 75Raw fresh bluefin tunaFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
76. 76Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
77. 77Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
78. 78Yellowtail, mixed species, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
79. 79Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
80. 80Wild rainbow trout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
81. 81Carp, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
82. 82Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
83. 83Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
84. 84Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
85. 85Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
86. 86Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
87. 87Freshwater drum, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
88. 88Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.2 g
89. 89Canned sockeye salmon, total can contentsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
90. 90Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
91. 91Farmed Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
92. 92Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
93. 93American shad, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
94. 94Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
95. 95Wild coho salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
96. 96Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
97. 97Farmed Atlantic salmon, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
98. 98White sucker, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
99. 99Mixed species seatrout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 g
100. 100Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products1.1 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.