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Threonine is found in meats, fish, dairy foods, 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 gram 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).
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