Dietary Sources
| Food | g/100g |
|---|---|
| Egg, white, dried, powder, glucose reduced | 3.204 |
| Sesame seeds flour (low fat) | 1.656 |
| Egg, whole, dried | 1.477 |
| Cheese, Parmesan, shredded | 1.114 |
| Brazil nuts | 1.008 |
| Soy protein concentrate | 0.814 |
| Chicken, broilers or fryers, roasted | 0.801 |
| Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids | 0.755 |
| Beef, cured, dried | 0.749 |
| Bacon | 0.593 |
| Beef, ground, 95% lean meat / 5% fat, raw | 0.565 |
| Pork, ground, 96% lean / 4% fat, raw | 0.564 |
| Wheat germ | 0.456 |
| Oat | 0.312 |
| Peanuts | 0.309 |
| Chickpea | 0.253 |
| Corn, yellow | 0.197 |
| Almonds | 0.151 |
| Beans, pinto, cooked | 0.117 |
| Lentils, cooked | 0.077 |
| Rice, brown, medium-grain, cooked | 0.052 |
High levels of methionine can be found in eggs, sesame seeds, Brazil nuts, fish, meats and some other plant seeds; methionine is also found in cereal grains. Most fruits and vegetables contain very little of it. Most legumes are also low in methionine. The complement of cereal (methionine) and legumes (lysine), providing a complete protein, is a classic combination, found throughout the world, such as in rice and beans or tortilla and beans.
Racemic methionine is sometimes added as an ingredient to pet foods.
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