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13 Foods With Cysteine - Care Omnia Nutrition




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Egg Yolk contains cysteine

Cysteine is a non-essential amino acid but can, in rare cases, be semi-essential.

Cysteine is not a building block of proteins, like most other amino acids, but is instead used in the body for a variety of purposes.

You can find cysteine in food sources like:

  • Dairy and Egg Products
  • Legumes and Legume Products
  • Sausages and Luncheon Meats

You can find a more detailed list of foods that contain cysteine below.

Want to learn more about cysteine?

Check out our article named: What Is Cysteine & What Foods Can I Find It In?


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Ranked List Of 13 Foods With Cysteine

Below you'll find a list of the top 13 foods that contain cysteine. It's ranked from the food with the most amount to the food with the least amount.

For ease of use, we've grouped together all foods that share the same rank. Click on the rows with the symbol to show or hide the foods with the same rank.

By clicking on a food you'll get a list of all the nutrient content of that food.

13 Foods Ranked 1 - 12 With Cysteine

Click on a food to explore all of the nutrients it contains.

RankFoodper 100gper Oz
1
(Defatted)
1 g
286.3 mg
2
(Full-Fat)
765 mg
216.9 mg
3
425 mg
120.5 mg
4
407 mg
115.4 mg
5
385 mg
109.1 mg
6
(Breakfast Links, Mild)
190 mg
53.9 mg
7
(Cheese, Whole Milk)
180 mg
51 mg
8
170 mg
48.2 mg
9
(With Added Calcium, Vitamins A & D, All Flavors)
58 mg
16.4 mg
10
Two foods with same rank.
38 mg
10.8 mg
(With Added Vitamin A & Vitamin D, Fluid, Fat Free Or Skim)
(With Added Vitamin D, 3.25% Milkfat)
11
(With Added Vitamin A & Vitamin D, Fluid, 1% Milkfat)
36 mg
10.2 mg
12
(With Added Vitamin A & Vitamin D, Fluid, Reduced Fat, 2% Milkfat)
35 mg
9.9 mg

Figure 1. Foods with cysteine rank 1 to 12

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Cysteine Supplements Available Online

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Foods In Different Categories With Cysteine

The food categories below have foods that contain cysteine.

Select a category to show a ranked list of all the foods in that category with cysteine.

Food Categories
Dairy and Egg Products
Legumes and Legume Products

Sara Niemelä

co-founder Care Omnia, Head Content Creator




Sara
Niemelä

Nutrition is my passion. I've spent thousands upon thousands of hours reading, analyzing, categorizing and comparing research studies.

I’m a wife and a mother of three. I enjoy the outdoors, cooking, and spending time with my family.