Amino Acids

Foods Highest in Tyrosine

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

Amino AcidsUnit: mg per 100g

50
Foods ranked: 1,685 mg
Highest per 100g

Number one

Milk, cow, powder, skim

Milk products and dishes

1,685mg per 100g

50 foods ranked, values per 100g

Food	Group	mg/100g
1Milk, cow, powder, skim	Milk products and dishes	1,685
2Cheese, cheddar, natural, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	1,529
3Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,400
4Bean, soya (soy), dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	1,244
5Goat, meat, all cuts, untrimmed, casseroled, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,175
6Goat, leg, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,174
7Venison, mince, premium, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,140
8Venison, leg medallion, lean, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,097
9Goat, forequarter, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,090
10Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,087
11Nut, peanut, with skin, raw, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,078
12Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,029
13Seed, sesame, unsalted	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,001
14Flathead, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	965
15Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	945
16Tuna, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	944
17Tuna, unflavoured, canned in water, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	944
18Snapper, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	939
19Snapper, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	939
20Whiting, King George, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	934
21Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	914
22Lentil, French, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	906
23Venison, leg medallion, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	900
24Shark, fillet, without skin, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	886
25Bream, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	858
26Morwong, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	849
27Goat, loin, lean, baked, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	824
28Lentil, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	817
29Spread, yeast, vegemite	Miscellaneous	816
30Lentil, green, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	810
31Seed, sunflower	Seed and nut products and dishes	806
32Venison, mince, premium, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	803
33Tuna, yellowfin, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	794
34Rabbit, farmed, whole, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	791
35Bacon, middle rasher, untrimmed, baked, roasted, fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	789
36Bean, lima, dried	Legume and pulse products and dishes	785
37Goat, forequarter, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	755
38Goat, loin, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	755
39Salmon, pink, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	747
40Lentil, red, hulled, dry	Legume and pulse products and dishes	736
41Shark, fillet, without skin, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	727
42Goat, meat, all cuts, lean, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	707
43Bean, mung, whole, dried, uncooked	Vegetable products and dishes	706
44Flathead, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	704
45Egg, chicken, yolk, hard-boiled	Egg products and dishes	694
46Turkey, breast, lean flesh, skin & fat, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	686
47Snapper, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	686
48Egg, chicken, yolk, raw	Egg products and dishes	670
49Gemfish, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	662
50Goat, meat, all cuts, untrimmed, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	658

Rankings

Top Foods by Nutrient

All nutrients

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Source

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