Top 100 sources of methionine

Top 100 sources of methionine

Before I give you the list, let me explain how I came up with it as it is a combination of two factors: relative ratios of amino acids and protein density.  In this list I only look at foods that have at least 26% of their calories from protein and then I rank them according to those with the highest relative amount of the target amino acid.

This page is static, the most accurate and current top methionine sources can be found thru my database.

Top 100 plant sources of methionine

food name	methionine	calories
sesame flour,low-fat	0.033028	6.6
sesame flr,part defatted	0.033011	9.5
seaweed,laver,raw	0.024957	6
turnip grns,cnd,sol&liquids	0.022794	10.3
turnip grns,frz,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/salt	0.022687	8.7
turnip grns,frz,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.022687	8.7
turnip grns,frz,unprep	0.022672	8.9
turnip grns&turnips,frz,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.021739	11.4
turnip grns&turnips,frz,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/salt	0.021739	11.7
sunflower sd flr,part defatted	0.021702	6.8
seaweed,wakame,raw	0.020792	14.9
seaweed,spirulina,dried	0.019993	5
seaweed,spirulina,raw	0.019932	4.4
turnip grns&turnips,frz,unprep	0.019512	8.5
oat bran,raw	0.019364	14.2
mushrooms,brown,italian,or crimini,raw	0.0192	8.8
veggie burgers or soyburgers unprep	0.018535	11.3
spinach,raw	0.018531	8
spinach,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/ salt	0.018519	7.7
spinach,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.018519	7.7
spinach,cnd,reg pk,drnd sol	0.018505	8.2
spinach,cnd,reg pk,sol&liquids	0.018483	9
spinach,cnd,no salt,sol&liquids	0.018483	9
broccoli,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/salt	0.018067	14.7
broccoli,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.018067	14.7
oat bran,cooked	0.017757	12.5
safflower sd meal,part defatted	0.017546	9.6
pumpkin leaves,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/salt	0.017279	7.7
pumpkin leaves,ckd,bld,drnd,w/ salt	0.017279	7.7
pumpkin leaves,raw	0.017143	6
hearts of palm,canned	0.016667	11.1
cottonseed flr,part defatted (glandless)	0.016235	8.8
cottonseed flr,lofat (glandless)	0.016235	6.7
cottonseed meal,part defatted (glandless)	0.016232	7.5
soy sau made from soy (tamari)	0.01589	5.7
taro leaves,raw	0.015863	8.4
taro leaves,ckd,stmd,wo/salt	0.015809	8.8
taro,leaves,ckd,stmd,w/salt	0.015809	8.8
mori-nu,tofu,silken,soft	0.015417	11.5
mori-nu,tofu,silken,firm	0.015362	9
broccoli raab,ckd	0.015144	8.6
broccoli raab,raw	0.015142	6.9
peas,grn,frz,unprep	0.015134	14.8
peas,green,raw	0.015129	14.9
beans,kidney,royal red,mature seeds,ckd,bld w/salt	0.015068	13
beans,kidney,royal red,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.015068	13
beans,kidney,california red,mature seeds,raw	0.015059	13.5
beans,kidney,all types,mature seeds,raw	0.015055	14.1
wheat bran,crude	0.015048	13.9
beans,kidney,red,mature seeds,raw	0.015047	15
beans,kidney,royal red,mature seeds,raw	0.015041	13
beans,white,mature seeds,raw	0.015026	14.3
beans,cranberry (roman),mature seeds,raw	0.015024	14.5
beans,black,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.015011	14.9
beans,black,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.015011	14.9
beans,great northern,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.015006	14.2
beans,great northern,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.015006	14.2
beans,white,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/ salt	0.015005	14.3
beans,white,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.015005	14.3
beans,kidney,california red,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.015005	13.6
beans,kidney,california red,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.015005	13.6
beans,kidney,all types,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.014994	14.6
beans,kidney,red,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.014994	14.6
beans,kidney,red,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.014994	14.6
soybeans,mature seeds,raw	0.01499	12.2
beans,cranberry (roman),mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.014989	14.6
beans,cranberry (roman),mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.014989	14.6
beans,cranberry (roman),mature seeds,cnd	0.014982	15
squash,smmr,zucchini,incl skn,raw	0.014876	14
amaranth leaves,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/salt	0.014692	10
amaranth leaves,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.014692	10
squash,smmr,zucchini,incl skn,frz,unprep	0.014655	14.7
amaranth leaves,raw	0.014634	9.3
mungo bns,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.014589	13.9
mungo bns,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.014589	13.9
mungo bns,mature seeds,raw	0.014558	13.5
papad	0.014554	14.5
soy sau made from soy&wheat (shoyu),lo na	0.014507	10.3
squash,zucchini,baby,raw	0.014391	7.7
spinach,frz,chopd or leaf,unprep	0.014325	8
cauliflower,frz,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.014286	10.6
cauliflower,frz,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/salt	0.014286	11.8
cowpeas,catjang,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/salt	0.014268	14.4
cowpeas,catjang,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.014268	14.4
cowpeas,catjang,mature seeds,raw	0.014256	14.4
cowpeas,common (blackeyes,crowder,southern),mtre seeds,raw	0.014243	14.3
cauliflower,green,raw	0.014237	10.5
yardlong bns,mature seeds,ckd,bld,w/ salt	0.014234	14.2
yardlong bns,mature seeds,ckd,bld,wo/salt	0.014234	14.2
yardlong bns,mature seeds,raw	0.014221	14.3
asparagus,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.014167	9.2
asparagus,ckd,bld,drnd	0.014167	9.2
cauliflower,grn,ckd,w/ salt	0.014145	10.5
cauliflower,grn,ckd,no salt added	0.014145	10.5
parsley,frsh	0.014141	12.1
cauliflower,ckd,bld,drnd,w/salt	0.01413	12.5
cauliflower,ckd,bld,drnd,wo/salt	0.01413	12.5
asparagus,raw	0.014091	9.1
squash,smmr,all var,raw	0.01405	13.2
soy prot isolate,k type	0.014004	4

Top 100 animal sources of methionine

food name	methionine	calories
egg,goose,whole,fresh,raw	0.044989	13.3
egg,duck,whole,fresh,raw	0.044965	14.4
egg,white,dried,flakes,stabilized,glucose red	0.038885	4.6
egg,white,dried,pdr,stabilized,glucose red	0.038883	4.6
egg,white,raw,frz,past	0.038817	4.9
egg sub,liq or frz,fat free	0.0387	4.8
flatfish (flounder&sole sp),ckd,dry heat	0.036745	5.6
flatfish (flounder&sole sp),raw	0.036664	5.6
egg,white,raw,fresh	0.036606	4.8
egg,white,dried,stabilized,glucose red	0.035578	4.3
egg,white,dried	0.034402	4.7
haddock,cooked,dry heat	0.034317	4.5
haddock,raw	0.034314	4.5
crab,alaska king,imitn,made from surimi	0.034252	12.5
surimi	0.033926	6.5
scallop,mxd sp,imitn,made from surimi	0.033908	7.8
shrimp,mxd sp,imitn,made from surimi	0.033898	8.2
chicken,broilers or fryers,breast,meat only,ckd,rotisserie,o	0.033299	5.1
halibut,atlantic&pacific,raw	0.03319	4.9
halibut,atlantic&pacific,ckd,dry heat	0.033185	4.9
chicken,broilers or fryers,breast,meat & skn,ckd,rotisserie,	0.033115	6.7
cheese,cottage,w/veg	0.032936	8.7
salmon,sockeye,raw	0.032426	6.7
egg,whl,raw,frz,past	0.032419	12.8
salmon,sockeye,ckd,dry heat	0.032402	6.7
egg,whl,dried,stabilized,glucose red	0.032323	12.8
egg,turkey,whl,frsh,raw	0.03231	12.5
egg,quail,whole,fresh,raw	0.032261	12.1
cheese,cream,fat free	0.032186	6.7
roughy,orange,ckd,dry heat	0.032155	4.6
roughy,orange,raw	0.032054	4.6
ocean perch,atlantic,raw	0.031875	5.2
ocean perch,atlantic,ckd,dry heat	0.031875	5.2
rockfish,pacific,mxd sp,raw	0.031808	4.9
rockfish,pacific,mxd sp,ckd,dry heat	0.031804	4.9
quail,breast,meat only,raw	0.031695	5.4
quail,meat only,raw	0.031664	6.2
squab,(pigeon),lt meat wo/skn,raw	0.031664	6.2
squab,(pigeon),meat only,raw	0.031657	8.1
beef,loin,top sirloin cap steak,bnless,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,raw	0.031623	6
beef,ribeye petite rst,bnless,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,rstd	0.031618	5.8
beef,rib eye rst,bnless,lip-on,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,ckd,rstd	0.031616	7
beef,rib eye steak,bnless,lip off,ln,0″ fat,sel,raw	0.031612	6.3
beef,loin,top sirloin filet,bnless,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,grilled	0.031611	5.4
beef,plate steak,bnless,outside skirt,ln,0″ fat,sel,raw	0.031609	10.3
beef,rib eye steak,bnless,lip-on,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,ckd,grilled	0.031608	6.6
beef,rib,back ribs,bone-in,ln,0″ fat,sel,raw	0.031608	11.2
beef,plate steak,bnless,inside skirt,ln,0″ fat,sel,raw	0.031606	7.1
beef,ribeye cap steak,bnless,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,grilled	0.031606	8.9
beef,top loin petite rst,bnless,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,ckd,rstd	0.031601	6.3
beef,rib eye rst,bone-in,lip-on,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,ckd,rstd	0.031595	8.1
beef,rib eye steak/roast,bone-in,lip-on,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,raw	0.031594	7.2
beef,loin,top sirloin cap stek,bnls,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,ckd,grld	0.031594	6
beef,plate steak,bnless,inside skirt,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,grild	0.031593	7.3
beef,rib,back ribs,bone-in,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,brsd	0.031592	9.8
beef,top loin filet,bnless,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,ckd,grilled	0.031591	6.2
beef,plate steak,bnless,outside skirt,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,grld	0.031588	9.4
beef,loin,top sirloin petite rst,bnls,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,rstd	0.031584	5.6
beef,loin,top sirlon petite rst/filet,bnls,ln,0″ fat,sel,raw	0.031584	5.3
beef,rib eye steak,bone-in,lip-on,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,ckd,grild	0.031581	7.5
beef,top loin petite roast/filet,bnless,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,raw	0.031577	5.9
beef,rib eye steak/roast,bnless,lip-on,ln,1/8″ fat,sel,raw	0.031574	6.6
beef,ribeye cap steak,bnless,ln,0″ fat,sel,raw	0.031571	8.4
beef,rib eye steak,bnless,lip off,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,grilled	0.031391	6.5
egg,whl,ckd,hard-boiled	0.031161	12.3
egg,whole,dried	0.031094	12.5
trout,rainbow,farmed,ckd,dry heat	0.031008	7.1
trout,rainbow,farmed,raw	0.030993	7.1
chicken,broilers or fryers,back,meat & skn,ckd,rotisserie,or	0.030908	11.2
cheese,tilsit	0.030889	13.9
cheese,port de salut	0.030866	14.8
chicken,broilers or fryers,back,meat only,ckd,rotisserie,ori	0.030781	8.1
chicken,broilers or fryers,wing,meat & skn,ckd,rotisserie,or	0.030731	10.9
salmon,atlantic,farmed,raw	0.030656	10.2
chicken,broilers or fryers,wing,meat only,ckd,rotisserie,ori	0.03048	7.1
fish,pollock,alaska,raw	0.030353	4.6
egg,whl,raw,frsh	0.030255	11.4
egg,whl,ckd,poached	0.030216	11.4
egg,whl,ckd,fried	0.030198	14.4
beef,ribeye petite roast/filet,bnless,ln,0″ fat,sel,raw	0.030188	5.5
egg,whole,cooked,omelet	0.03018	14.6
quail,meat and skin,raw	0.030107	9.8
cheese,cottage,lowfat,1% milkfat	0.030105	5.8
cheese,cottage,crmd,w/fruit	0.029935	9.1
swordfish,cooked,dry heat	0.029808	7.3
swordfish,raw	0.029807	7.3
salmon,chinook,raw	0.029804	9
beef,shldr pot rst or steak,bnless,ln,0″ fat,choic,raw	0.02979	5.8
beef,ribeye filet,bnless,ln,0″ fat,sel,ckd,grilled	0.029772	6.3
usda cmdty,chick fajita strips,frz	0.029741	7.3
egg,whl,ckd,scrmbld	0.02973	14.9
chicken,broiler,rotisserie,bbq,breast meat only	0.029708	5.1
fish,pollock,alaska,ckd,dry heat	0.029642	4.7
sablefish,smoked	0.029632	14.6
butterfish,raw	0.02963	8.4
pollock,atlantic,raw	0.02963	4.7
seatrout,mxd sp,raw	0.02963	6.2
monkfish,raw	0.029627	5.2
sea bass,mxd sp,raw	0.029626	5.3
salmon,pink,cnd,wo/salt,sol w/bone&liq	0.029626	7