Foods high in Tyrosine

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Tyrosine content per 100 g, drawn live from 60 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Tyrosine

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Flour, soy, defatted	Foundation Food	1.74
2	Flour, soy, full-fat	Foundation Food	1.4
3	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	1.27
4	Peanut butter, creamy	Foundation Food	1.06
5	Sesame butter, creamy	Foundation Food	0.836
6	Almond butter, creamy	Foundation Food	0.76
7	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg yolk	Foundation Food	0.684
8	Nuts, almonds, whole, raw	Foundation Food	0.63
9	Nuts, pine nuts, raw	Foundation Food	0.587
10	Flaxseed, ground	Foundation Food	0.572
11	Sausage, turkey, breakfast links, mild, raw	Foundation Food	0.56
12	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole	Foundation Food	0.512
13	Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat	Foundation Food	0.51
14	Fish, pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.49
15	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg white	Foundation Food	0.466
16	Alaska Pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.4611
17	Nuts, walnuts, English, halves, raw	Foundation Food	0.43
18	Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared	Foundation Food	0.39
19	Nuts, pecans, halves, raw	Foundation Food	0.312
20	Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour pork	Foundation Food	0.253
21	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Foundation Food	0.25
22	Restaurant, Latino, tamale, pork	Foundation Food	0.17
23	Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim)	Foundation Food	0.168
24	Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	0.167
25	Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	0.165

Lowest in Tyrosine

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
51	Pears, raw, bartlett (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.002
52	Pears, raw, bartlett	Foundation Food	0.002
53	Nectarines, raw	Foundation Food	0.006
54	Oranges, raw, navels (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.011
55	Oranges, raw, navels	Foundation Food	0.011
56	Melons, cantaloupe, raw	Foundation Food	0.012
57	Peaches, yellow, raw	Foundation Food	0.014
58	Butter, stick, salted	Foundation Food	0.017
59	Almond milk, unsweetened, plain, refrigerated	Foundation Food	0.019
60	Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw	Foundation Food	0.024

More on Tyrosine

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

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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.