Foods Highest in Phenylalanine

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

Amino AcidsUnit: mg per 100g

#	Food	Group	mg/100g
1	Gelatine, all types	Miscellaneous	2,113
2	Bean, soya (soy), dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,776
3	Milk, cow, powder, skim	Milk products and dishes	1,723
4	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,694
5	Lentil, French, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,485
6	Seed, sunflower	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,463
7	Nut, peanut, with skin, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,440
8	Bean, mung, whole, dried, uncooked	Vegetable products and dishes	1,435
9	Goat, meat, all cuts, untrimmed, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,432
10	Cheese, cheddar, natural, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	1,421
11	Bean, lima, dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,379
12	Goat, leg, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,363
13	Lentil, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,340
14	Venison, mince, premium, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,335
15	Lentil, green, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,328
16	Goat, forequarter, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,289
17	Venison, leg medallion, lean, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,286
18	Seed, sesame, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,261
19	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,251
20	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,221
21	Lentil, red, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,207
22	Flathead, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,196
23	Nut, almond meal	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,168
24	Nut, almond, with skin, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,168
25	Tuna, unflavoured, canned in water, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,132
26	Tuna, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,132
27	Snapper, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,104
28	Snapper, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,104
29	Whiting, King George, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,101
30	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,088
31	Rabbit, farmed, whole, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,069
32	Shark, fillet, without skin, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,064
33	Bream, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,059
34	Venison, leg medallion, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,054
35	Morwong, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,049
36	Goat, loin, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,011
37	Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,010
38	Spread, yeast, vegemite	Miscellaneous	995
39	Salmon, pink, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	976
40	Venison, mince, premium, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	941
41	Turkey, breast, lean flesh, skin & fat, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	927
42	Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	914
43	Goat, forequarter, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	911
44	Goat, loin, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	876
45	Shark, fillet, without skin, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	873
46	Flathead, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	873
47	Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	855
48	Turkey, hindquarter, lean flesh, skin & fat, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	845
49	Bacon, middle rasher, untrimmed, baked, roasted, fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	842
50	Nut, cashew, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	838

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