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LIST OF FOODS WITH A LOT OF ASPARTIC ACID
Foods that contain a lot of aspartic acid are the following:
* Meat products with a lot of aspartic acid
- Milk and dairy products, especially cheese and protein supplements made from milk powder (whey protein)
- Eggs, meat (chicken, pork, beef, etc)
- Fish (salmon, halibut, sardines, mackerel, etc.)
* Plant foods with aspartic acid
- Legumes:Especially beans, soy (tofu, tempeh, soymilk,…), lupins, chickpeas, lentils, peanuts (and peanut butter)
Photo of lupins: they are a very nutritious vegetable very little known, with a high content of amino acids.
- Nuts (walnuts, pistachios, almonds, chestnuts)
- Cereals (oats, corn)
- Seeds: sesame seeds (sesame paste, tahini),, sunflower seeds, pine nuts.
- Vegetables (asparagus, jicama (jícama), spinach, pumpkins, potatoes, carrots, eggplants, peppers, celery, lettuce, chicory, garlic, onions)
- Fruits: apricots, plums, oranges, pears, papayas, bananas, grapes, mangos, figs, apples, currants
* Related information:
– How to combine vegetable proteins
List of amino acids in food | |
Essential amino acids | Nonessential amino acids |
Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine | Aspartic acid, Glutaminic acid, Alanine, Arginine, Cysteine, Cystine, Glycine, Hydroxyproline, Proline, Serine, Tyrosine |
More information on amino acids.
This article was endorsed by Elisenda Carballido - Dietitian nutritionist. Postgraduate in Phytotherapy and master in Nutrition and Metabolism.
