Highest Leucine in Fish & Shellfish

Fish tend to have lower leucine density compared to foods overall, but top sources in this category still provide meaningful amounts.

All foods Dairy and Eggs Fish & Shellfish Legumes Meats Nuts & Seeds
#1 5.1 g
Fish, cod, Atlantic, dried and salted
Full nutrient profile
#2 3.8 g
Mollusks, whelk, unspecified, cooked, moist heat
Full nutrient profile
#3 2.5 g
Fish, sturgeon, mixed species, smoked
Full nutrient profile
# Food g / 100g
4 Fish, roe, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.5
5 Fish, tuna, fresh, bluefin, cooked, dry heat
2.4
6 Fish, yellowtail, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.4
7 Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, drained solids
2.4
8 Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solids
2.4
9 Fish, anchovy, european, canned in oil, drained solids
2.3
10 Fish, tuna, skipjack, fresh, cooked, dry heat
2.3
11 Mollusks, cuttlefish, mixed species, cooked, moist heat
2.3
12 Fish, tuna, yellowfin, fresh, cooked, dry heat
2.3
13 Fish, salmon, coho, wild, cooked, moist heat
2.2
14 Fish, salmon, sockeye, cooked, dry heat
2.2
15 Fish, trout, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.2
16 Fish, tuna, white, canned in oil, without salt, drained solids
2.2
17 Fish, tuna, white, canned in oil, drained solids
2.2
18 Fish, milkfish, cooked, dry heat
2.1
19 Fish, snapper, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.1
20 Fish, caviar, black and red, granular
2.1
21 Fish, sheepshead, cooked, dry heat
2.1
22 Fish, mackerel, king, cooked, dry heat
2.1
23 Fish, salmon, chum, cooked, dry heat
2.1
24 Mollusks, octopus, common, cooked, moist heat
2.1
25 Crustaceans, spiny lobster, mixed species, cooked, moist heat
2.1
26 Fish, mackerel, Pacific and jack, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.1
27 Fish, salmon, chinook, cooked, dry heat
2.1
28 Fish, bluefish, cooked, dry heat
2.1
29 Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, without salt, drained solids
2.1
30 Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, cooked, dry heat
2.1
31 Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked, dry heat
2.1
32 Fish, haddock, smoked
2.0
33 Salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones
2.0
34 Fish, tilapia, cooked, dry heat
2.0
35 Fish, pollock, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat
2.0
36 Fish, trout, rainbow, farmed, cooked, dry heat
2.0
37 Fish, sunfish, pumpkin seed, cooked, dry heat
2.0
38 Fish, perch, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.0
39 Fish, grouper, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.0
40 Fish, mullet, striped, cooked, dry heat
2.0
41 Fish, burbot, cooked, dry heat
2.0
42 Fish, pike, northern, cooked, dry heat
2.0
43 Fish, sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone
2.0
44 Fish, herring, Atlantic, kippered
2.0
45 Fish, pike, walleye, cooked, dry heat
2.0
46 Fish, tilefish, cooked, dry heat
2.0
47 Fish, whitefish, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
2.0
48 Mollusks, clam, mixed species, canned, drained solids
2.0
49 Fish, cusk, cooked, dry heat
2.0
50 Fish, ling, cooked, dry heat
2.0
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