Foods high in Glutamic acid

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Glutamic acid content per 100 g, drawn live from 62 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Glutamic acid

Ranked by Glutamic acid per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Flour, soy, defatted	Foundation Food	9.08
2	Almond butter, creamy	Foundation Food	7.42
3	Flour, soy, full-fat	Foundation Food	6.8
4	Peanut butter, creamy	Foundation Food	5.82
5	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	5.32
6	Sesame butter, creamy	Foundation Food	5.05
7	Flaxseed, ground	Foundation Food	4.85
8	Nuts, almonds, whole, raw	Foundation Food	4.25
9	Nuts, pine nuts, raw	Foundation Food	3.44
10	Nuts, walnuts, English, halves, raw	Foundation Food	2.99
11	Sausage, turkey, breakfast links, mild, raw	Foundation Food	2.5
12	Nuts, pecans, halves, raw	Foundation Food	2.5
13	Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat	Foundation Food	2.19
14	Alaska Pollock, raw	Foundation Food	2.1
15	Fish, pollock, raw	Foundation Food	2.08
16	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg yolk	Foundation Food	1.99
17	Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared	Foundation Food	1.89
18	Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour pork	Foundation Food	1.87
19	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg white	Foundation Food	1.76
20	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole	Foundation Food	1.63
21	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Foundation Food	1.3
22	Restaurant, Latino, tamale, pork	Foundation Food	1.03
23	Restaurant, Latino, pupusas con frijoles (pupusas, bean)	Foundation Food	1
24	Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim)	Foundation Food	0.832
25	Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	0.809

Lowest in Glutamic acid

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
53	Nectarines, raw	Foundation Food	0.032
54	Pears, raw, bartlett	Foundation Food	0.036
55	Pears, raw, bartlett (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.036
56	Peaches, yellow, raw	Foundation Food	0.054
57	Butter, stick, salted	Foundation Food	0.08
58	Strawberries, raw	Foundation Food	0.126
59	Almond milk, unsweetened, plain, refrigerated	Foundation Food	0.138
60	Oat milk, unsweetened, plain, refrigerated	Foundation Food	0.15
61	Kiwifruit, green, raw	Foundation Food	0.165
62	Melons, cantaloupe, raw	Foundation Food	0.174

More on Glutamic acid

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Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.