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Aspartic Amino Acid: Food Sources, Health Benefits and Deficiency Symptoms
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Table: List of select foods containing aspartic amino acid (in grams per 100 grams of food portion).
| Aspartic acid food sources | Asparatic acid content (in grams/100 grams food) |
| Soybeans, mature seeds, raw | 4.59 |
| Peanuts, all types, raw | 3.15 |
| Lentils, raw | 3.10 |
| Cowpea, catjang, mature seeds, raw | 2.88 |
| Nuts, almonds | 2.73 |
| Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, raw | 2.27 |
| Crustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, raw | 2.10 |
| Salami, Italian, pork | 2.10 |
| Flax seed , raw | 2.05 |
| Fish, salmon, pink, raw | 2.04 |
| Beef, round, top round, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw | 2.02 |
| Beef, top sirloin, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw | 2.00 |
| Nuts, walnuts, english | 1.83 |
| Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, raw | 1.75 |
| Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from raw and stone ground kernels | 1.65 |
| Chicken, broilers or fryers, wing, meat and skin, raw | 1.64 |
| Egg, yolk, raw, fresh | 1.55 |
| Egg, whole, raw, fresh | 1.33 |
| Egg, white, raw, fresh | 1.22 |
| Sausage, Italian, pork, raw | 1.19 |
| Hummus | 0.54 |
| Asparagus | 0.51 |
| Pork, fresh, separable fat, raw | 0.44 |
| Soy milk, fluid | 0.38 |
| Milk, sheep, fluid | 0.33 |
| Snap beans, green, raw | 0.26 |
| Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat | 0.24 |
| Milk, goat, fluid | 0.21 |
| Milk, human, mature, fluid | 0.08 |
Data source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 19 (2006).