Cystine

Measured in GNutrient #50727 measured values

Foods highest in Cystine

The full ranked list — top 25 and lowest 10 — is below, drawn live from 27 USDA measurements.

Top 21 foods and ingredients by Cystine, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Alaska Pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.1562
2	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	0.15
3	Fish, pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.14
4	Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour pork	Foundation Food	0.11
5	Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat	Foundation Food	0.083
6	Mustard, prepared, yellow	Foundation Food	0.08
7	Restaurant, Latino, pupusas con frijoles (pupusas, bean)	Foundation Food	0.08
8	Restaurant, Latino, tamale, pork	Foundation Food	0.075
9	Carrots, frozen, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.048
10	Carrots, frozen, unprepared	Foundation Food	0.048
11	Figs, dried, uncooked	Foundation Food	0.033
12	Kiwifruit, green, raw	Foundation Food	0.028
13	Broccoli, raw	Foundation Food	0.028
14	Peaches, yellow, raw	Foundation Food	0.011
15	Oranges, raw, navels (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.009
16	Oranges, raw, navels	Foundation Food	0.009
17	Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw	Foundation Food	0.006
18	Nectarines, raw	Foundation Food	0.005
19	Pears, raw, bartlett (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Foundation Food	0.002
20	Melons, cantaloupe, raw	Foundation Food	0.002
21	Pears, raw, bartlett	Foundation Food	0.002

The 6 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
22	Melons, cantaloupe, raw	Foundation Food	0.002
23	Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw	Foundation Food	0.006
24	Broccoli, raw	Foundation Food	0.028
25	Figs, dried, uncooked	Foundation Food	0.033
26	Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour pork	Foundation Food	0.11
27	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	0.15

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.