Foods high in valine
Chicken breast, skinless boneless, raw tops the list with 3.2 g per serving. Ranked from 4,886 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)3.2 g
- 2Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products · 1 piece (263 g)2.7 g
- 3Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2.5 g
- 4Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.3 g
- 5Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)2.3 g
- 6Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2.2 g
- 7Roasted goose meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook goose) (143 g)2.2 g
- 8Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.2 g
- 9Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
- 10Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2.1 g
- 11Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2.1 g
- 12Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2 g
- 13Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2 g
- 14Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products · 1 cup (140 g)2 g
- 15Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2 g
- 16Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2 g
- 17Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2 g
- 18Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (145 g)2 g
- 19Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)2 g
- 20Squab, raw, meat and skinPoultry Products · 1 squab (199 g)1.9 g
- 21Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.9 g
- 22Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.9 g
- 23Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.9 g
- 24Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.9 g
- 25Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.9 g
- 26Chicken dark meat, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.8 g
- 27Chicken thigh, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.7 g
- 28Roasted roasting chicken meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.7 g
- 29Chicken drumstick, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.7 g
- 30Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.7 g
- 31Roasted duck meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.7 g
- 32Chicken meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.7 g
- 33Turkey breast, meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook turkey) (146 g)1.7 g
- 34Chicken leg, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.6 g
- 35Roasted roasting chicken dark meatPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.6 g
- 36Squab, meat only, rawPoultry Products · 1 squab (168 g)1.6 g
- 37Chicken wing, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.5 g
- 38Chicken dark meat and skin, friedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)1.5 g
- 39Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.4 g
- 40Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.3 g
- 41Mechanically deboned poultry, from hens, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)1.3 g
- 42Roasted duck, with skinPoultry Products · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)1.3 g
- 43Raw duck meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook duck) (137 g)1.3 g
- 44Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.3 g
- 45Batter-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (113 g)1.3 g
- 46Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.3 g
- 47Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.3 g
- 48Mechanically deboned poultry, without skin, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)1.3 g
- 49Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.3 g
- 50Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.3 g
- 51Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)1.3 g
- 52Chicken dark meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101 g)1.3 g
- 53Chicken liver, pan-friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.3 g
- 54Chicken dark meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (110 g)1.3 g
- 55Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 56Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 57Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 58Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 59Mechanically deboned turkey, rawPoultry Products · 0.5 lb (227 g)1.2 g
- 60Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.2 g
- 61Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.2 g
- 62BBQ rotisserie chicken wing, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 63Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.2 g
- 64Raw pheasant leg meatPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-eat pheasant) (99 g)1.2 g
- 65Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 66Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.2 g
- 67Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.2 g
- 68Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.2 g
- 69Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 70Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.2 g
- 71Chicken liver, simmeredPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 72Squab, light meat without skin, rawPoultry Products · 1 breast, bone removed (101 g)1.2 g
- 73Raw stewing chicken meatPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.2 g
- 74Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 75Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 76Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 77Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 78Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 79Rotisserie chicken back, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)1.2 g
- 80Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)1.2 g
- 81White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 82Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 83Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3 oz) (85 g)1.2 g
- 84Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.2 g
- 85Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (78 g)1.2 g
- 86Capon giblets, rawPoultry Products · 1 giblets (115 g)1.2 g
- 87Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 1 serving (3oz) (85 g)1.2 g
- 88Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 g
- 89Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 g
- 90Stewed chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (90 g)1.1 g
- 91Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 g
- 92Chicken liver, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.1 g
- 93Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 g
- 94Roasted chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 g
- 95Raw quail, with skinPoultry Products · 1 quail (109 g)1.1 g
- 96Roasted chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products · 1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (79 g)1.1 g
- 97Chicken light meat and skin, rawPoultry Products · 4 oz (113 g)1.1 g
- 98BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 g
- 99Stewed stewing chicken, with skinPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 g
- 100Whole chicken with giblets and neck, roastedPoultry Products · 3 oz (85 g)1.1 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.