Foods high in Lysine

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Lysine content per 100 g, drawn live from 71 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Lysine

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Flour, soy, defatted	Foundation Food	3.06
2	Mushroom, maitake	Foundation Food	2.21
3	Flour, soy, full-fat	Foundation Food	2.14
4	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	1.96
5	Mushroom, crimini	Foundation Food	1.83
6	Mushroom, pioppini	Foundation Food	1.76
7	Mushrooms, white button	Foundation Food	1.7
8	Mushroom, portabella	Foundation Food	1.46
9	Sausage, turkey, breakfast links, mild, raw	Foundation Food	1.41
10	Mushroom, oyster	Foundation Food	1.33
11	Alaska Pollock, raw	Foundation Food	1.27
12	Fish, pollock, raw	Foundation Food	1.21
13	Mushroom, lion's mane	Foundation Food	1.2
14	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg yolk	Foundation Food	1.2
15	Mushroom, king oyster	Foundation Food	1.18
16	Mushrooms, shiitake	Foundation Food	1.17
17	Mushroom, beech	Foundation Food	1.03
18	Peanut butter, creamy	Foundation Food	0.951
19	Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared	Foundation Food	0.95
20	Flaxseed, ground	Foundation Food	0.932
21	Mushroom, enoki	Foundation Food	0.925
22	Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat	Foundation Food	0.833
23	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole	Foundation Food	0.832
24	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg white	Foundation Food	0.822
25	Sesame butter, creamy	Foundation Food	0.672

Lowest in Lysine

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
62	Nectarines, raw	Foundation Food	0.015
63	Pears, raw, bartlett (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.021
64	Pears, raw, bartlett	Foundation Food	0.021
65	Melons, cantaloupe, raw	Foundation Food	0.024
66	Peaches, yellow, raw	Foundation Food	0.028
67	Almond milk, unsweetened, plain, refrigerated	Foundation Food	0.031
68	Oranges, raw, navels	Foundation Food	0.032
69	Oranges, raw, navels (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.032
70	Kiwifruit, green, raw	Foundation Food	0.055
71	Oat milk, unsweetened, plain, refrigerated	Foundation Food	0.061

More on Lysine

What Lysine is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

Lysine nutrient reference →

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.