Foods sorted by lysine content (g) divided by protein (g).
| Food |
lysine (g)/protein (g) |
| Cheese, ricotta, whole milk |
0.1188 |
| Carrots, raw |
0.1086 |
| Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw |
0.1008 |
| Cheese, parmesan, hard |
0.0925 |
| Cheese, camembert |
0.0892 |
| Cheese, roquefort |
0.0858 |
| Cranberries, raw |
0.0848 |
| Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D |
0.0838 |
| Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry |
0.0811 |
| Beans, adzuki, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0754 |
| Spices, fenugreek seed |
0.0732 |
| Lentils, pink or red, raw |
0.0728 |
| Egg, whole, raw, fresh |
0.0726 |
| Peas, split, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0722 |
| Spices, mustard seed, ground |
0.0707 |
| Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, canned |
0.0703 |
| Pigeon peas (red gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0701 |
| Beans, pinto, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0699 |
| Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0698 |
| Apricots, raw |
0.0693 |
| Beans, white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0687 |
| Beans, black, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0686 |
| Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, solids and liquids |
0.0673 |
| Mungo beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0663 |
| Avocados, raw, all commercial varieties |
0.0660 |
