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10 Foods With Ergothionine - Care Omnia Nutrition

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White Mushrooms contain ergothionine

Ergothioneine is a unique naturally occurring amino acid.

It is an unusual thio-histidine betaine amino acid that has potent antioxidant activities.

Mushrooms are, by far, the leading dietary source.

You can find ergothioneine in food sources like:

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

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Ranked List Of 10 Foods With Ergothionine

Below you'll find a list of the top 10 foods that contain ergothionine. It's ranked from the food with the most amount to the food with the least amount.

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

10 Foods Ranked 1 - 10 With Ergothionine

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

RankFoods with Ergothionineper 100gper Oz
125.8 mg7.3 mg
2
(Mushroom)
23.6 mg6.7 mg
3
(Mushroom)
17.2 mg4.9 mg
414 mg4 mg
511.1 mg3.1 mg
6
(Mushroom)
5.4 mg1.5 mg
74.3 mg1.2 mg
82.3 mg660.5 µg
92.3 mg637.9 µg
10
(Brown, Italian, Or Crimini)
1.3 mg354.4 µg
fig 1. Foods with ergothionine rank 1 to 10

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Foods In Different Categories With Ergothionine

The food categories below have foods that contain ergothionine.

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Food CategoriesNumber of foods
in category
Vegetables and Vegetable Products10
fig 2. Food categories with foods that contain Ergothionine

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