Foods by tryptophan content
Foods sorted by tryptophan content (g) divided by protein (g).
| Food |
tryptophan (g)/protein (g) |
| Seeds, chia seeds, dried |
0.0264 |
| Cheese, mozzarella, whole milk |
0.0232 |
| Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw |
0.0224 |
| Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried |
0.0219 |
| Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type) |
0.0219 |
| Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, flesh, without salt |
0.0199 |
| Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, without salt |
0.0191 |
| Spices, turmeric, ground |
0.0176 |
| Spices, fenugreek seed |
0.0170 |
| Spices, ginger, ground |
0.0169 |
| Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dried |
0.0167 |
| Raisins, seedless |
0.0163 |
| Seeds, flaxseed |
0.0162 |
| Seaweed, spirulina, dried |
0.0162 |
| Cheese, camembert |
0.0155 |
| Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added |
0.0155 |
| Bulgur, dry |
0.0155 |
| Wheat, sprouted |
0.0154 |
| Potatoes, baked, flesh, without salt |
0.0153 |
| Bread, pita, whole-wheat |
0.0152 |
| Baking chocolate, unsweetened, liquid |
0.0150 |
| Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened |
0.0149 |
| Buckwheat flour, whole-groat |
0.0145 |
| Buckwheat |
0.0145 |
| Broccoli, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt |
0.0143 |
