Foods sorted by lysine content per 100 g.
Food |
lysine (g) |
Amaranth grain, uncooked |
0.7470 |
Edamame, frozen, prepared |
0.7450 |
Nuts, walnuts, black, dried |
0.7130 |
Oats |
0.7010 |
Buckwheat |
0.6720 |
Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt |
0.6710 |
Beans, white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.6680 |
Buckwheat flour, whole-groat |
0.6400 |
Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.6300 |
Beans, pinto, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.6300 |
Baking chocolate, unsweetened, liquid |
0.6090 |
Beans, black, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.6080 |
Peas, split, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.6020 |
Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried |
0.5690 |
Nuts, almonds |
0.5680 |
Beans, adzuki, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.5670 |
Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type) |
0.5450 |
Tomatoes, sun-dried |
0.5190 |
Mungo beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.5000 |
Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.4860 |
Soybeans, mature seeds, sprouted, cooked, steamed |
0.4860 |
Miso |
0.4780 |
Pigeon peas (red gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt |
0.4740 |
Tofu, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari) |
0.4620 |
Tofu, soft, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari) |
0.4310 |