Foods Highest in Arginine

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

Amino Acids (per gN)Unit: mg/gN per 100g

#	Food	Group	mg/gN/100g
1	Parsnip, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	962
2	Sultana	Fruit products and dishes	867
3	Nut, walnut, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	853
4	Coconut, grated & desiccated	Seed and nut products and dishes	851
5	Seed, sesame, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	814
6	Taro, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	788
7	Onion, mature, brown skinned, peeled, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	784
8	Onion, mature, white skinned, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	732
9	Pea, green, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	716
10	Nut, peanut, with skin, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	706
11	Nut, cashew, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	625
12	Bean, broad, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	611
13	Bean, broad, dried	Vegetable products and dishes	611
14	Nut, almond meal	Seed and nut products and dishes	598
15	Seed, sunflower	Seed and nut products and dishes	598
16	Nut, almond, with skin, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	598
17	Kiwifruit, green (hayward), peeled, raw	Fruit products and dishes	564
18	Lentil, green, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	546
19	Lentil, red, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	546
20	Lentil, French, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	546
21	Gelatine, all types	Miscellaneous	539
22	Mandarin, peeled, raw	Fruit products and dishes	538
23	Orange, navel, peeled, raw	Fruit products and dishes	537
24	Rice, brown, uncooked	Cereals and cereal products	503
25	Rice, brown, boiled, no added salt	Cereals and cereal products	503
26	Bean, soya (soy), dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	491
27	Bean, soya (soy), dried, boiled, drained	Legume and pulse products and dishes	491
28	Goat, forequarter, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	470
29	Goat, forequarter, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	456
30	Pumpkin, golden nugget, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	454
31	Pumpkin, butternut, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	454
32	Pumpkin, jarrahdale, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	454
33	Pumpkin, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	454
34	Pumpkin, Queensland blue, peeled, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	454
35	Egg, chicken, yolk, hard-boiled	Egg products and dishes	452
36	Egg, chicken, yolk, raw	Egg products and dishes	452
37	Goat, leg, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	444
38	Breakfast cereal, wheat bran, flakes, added vitamins & minerals (Kellogg's Bran Flakes)	Cereals and cereal products	438
39	Wheat bran, unprocessed, uncooked	Cereals and cereal products	438
40	Squid or calamari, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	430
41	Goat, leg, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	426
42	Goat, loin, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	423
43	Oats, rolled, uncooked	Cereals and cereal products	422
44	Venison, mince, premium, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	420
45	Venison, mince, premium, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	420
46	Venison, leg medallion, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	420
47	Brussels sprout, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	418
48	Bar, muesli, plain or with dried fruit	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	417
49	Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	417
50	Bacon, middle rasher, untrimmed, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	414

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.