Foods Highest in Methionine

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

Amino AcidsUnit: mg per 100g

#	Food	Group	mg/100g
1	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,096
2	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	954
3	Goat, meat, all cuts, untrimmed, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	917
4	Goat, leg, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	890
5	Flathead, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	877
6	Seed, sesame, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	842
7	Whiting, King George, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	840
8	Milk, cow, powder, skim	Milk products and dishes	837
9	Snapper, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	832
10	Snapper, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	832
11	Goat, forequarter, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	831
12	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	829
13	Venison, mince, premium, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	811
14	Bream, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	793
15	Gelatine, all types	Miscellaneous	790
16	Cheese, cheddar, natural, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	788
17	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	786
18	Morwong, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	786
19	Venison, leg medallion, lean, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	780
20	Tuna, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	764
21	Tuna, unflavoured, canned in water, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	764
22	Shark, fillet, without skin, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	735
23	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	696
24	Seed, sunflower	Seed and nut products and dishes	666
25	Salmon, pink, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	665
26	Rabbit, farmed, whole, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	650
27	Venison, leg medallion, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	640
28	Flathead, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	640
29	Goat, loin, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	636
30	Snapper, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	608
31	Bean, soya (soy), dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	608
32	Shark, fillet, without skin, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	603
33	Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	596
34	Goat, loin, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	589
35	Whiting, King George, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	588
36	Turkey, breast, lean flesh, skin & fat, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	584
37	Goat, forequarter, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	581
38	Bream, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	579
39	Gemfish, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	576
40	Morwong, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	574
41	Venison, mince, premium, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	571
42	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	554
43	Squid or calamari, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	537
44	Shark, fillet, without skin, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	536
45	Turkey, hindquarter, lean flesh, skin & fat, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	532
46	Goat, meat, all cuts, untrimmed, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	514
47	Duck, lean flesh, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	496
48	Goat, leg, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	491
49	Egg, chicken, white (albumen), hard-boiled	Egg products and dishes	450
50	Egg, chicken, yolk, hard-boiled	Egg products and dishes	446

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 methionine value is zero or not measured.