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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).
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