Foods sorted by leucine content (g) divided by protein (g).
| Food |
leucine (g)/protein (g) |
| Tofu, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari) |
0.0805 |
| Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, without salt |
0.0800 |
| Beans, black, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0799 |
| Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dried |
0.0798 |
| Spices, mustard seed, ground |
0.0798 |
| Beans, white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0798 |
| Nuts, pistachio nuts, dry roasted, without salt added |
0.0796 |
| Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked |
0.0781 |
| Natto |
0.0778 |
| Spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt |
0.0778 |
| Nuts, walnuts, english |
0.0768 |
| Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried |
0.0766 |
| Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type) |
0.0766 |
| Wheat, KAMUT khorasan, uncooked |
0.0765 |
| Spices, fenugreek seed |
0.0764 |
| Oats |
0.0760 |
| Nuts, macadamia nuts, dry roasted, without salt added |
0.0760 |
| Lupins, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0759 |
| Pasta, dry, unenriched |
0.0758 |
| Lentils, pink or red, raw |
0.0757 |
| Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0753 |
| Soybeans, mature cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.0744 |
| Nuts, coconut meat, raw |
0.0742 |
| Spelt, uncooked |
0.0734 |
| Spices, poppy seed |
0.0734 |
