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Amino Acid Threonine: Health Benefits, Deficiency and Food Sources
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Food Sources of Threonine
Threonine is found in meat and meat products, fish, dairy products, eggs, bananas, and carrots. Wheat germ, many nuts, beans, seeds and vegetables also contain threonine but to a small level. Research shows that mean requirement of threonine for healthy adults is 15 mg per kilogram of body weight per day.
Table: List of foods containing amino acid threonine (ordered high to low, grams/100 grams food portion).
| Threonine Food Sources | Threonine content in grams/100 grams food |
| Soybeans, mature seeds, raw | 1.59 |
| Salami, Italian, pork | 1.01 |
| Lentils, raw | 1.01 |
| Cowpea, catjang, mature seeds, raw | 0.91 |
| Beef, round, top round, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw | 0.89 |
| Peanuts, all types, raw | 0.88 |
| Beef, top sirloin, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw | 0.88 |
| Fish, salmon, pink, raw | 0.87 |
| Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, raw | 0.83 |
| Crustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, raw | 0.82 |
| Flax seed, raw | 0.77 |
| Chicken, broilers or fryers, wing, meat and skin, raw | 0.74 |
| Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from raw and stone ground kernels | 0.74 |
| Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, raw | 0.72 |
| Egg, yolk, raw, fresh | 0.69 |
| Nuts, almonds | 0.68 |
| Nuts, walnuts, english | 0.60 |
| Sausage, Italian, pork, raw | 0.56 |
| Egg, whole, raw, fresh | 0.56 |
| Egg, white, raw, fresh | 0.45 |
| Milk, sheep, fluid | 0.27 |
| Pork, fresh, separable fat, raw | 0.20 |
| Hummus | 0.18 |
| Milk, goat, fluid | 0.16 |
| Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat | 0.14 |
| Soy milk, fluid | 0.14 |
| Asparagus | 0.08 |
| Snap beans, green, raw | 0.08 |
| Milk, human, mature, fluid | 0.05 |
Data source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 19 (2006).