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Animal and vegetable food containing a lot of cystine
LIST OF FOODS WITH A LOT OF CYSTINE
As in most amino acids, foods containing them are those with a high protein concentration:
Animal foods rich is cystine
- Meats (pork, duck, chicken, etc.)
- Fish (hake, tuna, monkfish, etc.)
- Eggs
- Milk and dairy products
- Viscera (calf liver)
Vegetable foods rich in cystine
- White and black mustard seeds
Mustard seeds (Brassica nigra)contain a lot of cystine
- Sesame seeds
- Pistachio
- Oats
- Lupins
- Asparagus
- Purslane
- Spinach
- Pulses (lentils)
- Buckwheat
Buckwheat grains, very rich in cystine
- Almonds
- Legumes flour (soy flour)
- Cereals (wheat, pasta, rice, etc.)
- Nuts and seeds.
We also found concentrations of this amino acid in coffee and oat bran.
* 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.
