Foods Highest in Arginine

Top 50 Australian foods ranked by arginine content per 100g, sourced from the AFCD.

Amino AcidsUnit: mg per 100g

#	Food	Group	mg/100g
1	Gelatine, all types	Miscellaneous	8,193
2	Seed, sesame, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	3,411
3	Nut, peanut, with skin, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	3,198
4	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	3,034
5	Seed, sunflower	Seed and nut products and dishes	2,787
6	Bean, soya (soy), dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	2,691
7	Goat, meat, all cuts, untrimmed, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	2,580
8	Lentil, French, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	2,472
9	Goat, leg, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	2,401
10	Bean, broad, dried	Vegetable products and dishes	2,376
11	Nut, walnut, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	2,312
12	Goat, forequarter, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	2,310
13	Nut, almond meal	Seed and nut products and dishes	2,274
14	Nut, almond, with skin, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	2,274
15	Lentil, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	2,230
16	Lentil, green, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	2,210
17	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	2,124
18	Lentil, red, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	2,009
19	Nut, cashew, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	2,006
20	Venison, mince, premium, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	2,003
21	Venison, leg medallion, lean, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,928
22	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,923
23	Flathead, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,787
24	Snapper, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,732
25	Snapper, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,732
26	Whiting, King George, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,724
27	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,671
28	Goat, loin, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,661
29	Bream, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,638
30	Morwong, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,622
31	Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,615
32	Bean, mung, whole, dried, uncooked	Vegetable products and dishes	1,603
33	Venison, leg medallion, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,581
34	Goat, forequarter, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,576
35	Shark, fillet, without skin, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,561
36	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,532
37	Goat, leg, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,515
38	Goat, loin, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,506
39	Tuna, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,491
40	Tuna, unflavoured, canned in water, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,491
41	Goat, meat, all cuts, untrimmed, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,445
42	Squid or calamari, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,435
43	Venison, mince, premium, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,411
44	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,404
45	Rabbit, farmed, whole, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,396
46	Bacon, middle rasher, untrimmed, baked, roasted, fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,362
47	Bean, lima, dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,314
48	Flathead, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,304
49	Salmon, pink, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,290
50	Shark, fillet, without skin, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,281

Top Foods by Nutrient

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Source: Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD) Release 3, FSANZ. All values per 100g of edible portion. Rankings exclude foods where arginine value is zero or not measured.