The table shows the content (in grammes) of arginine and lysine, respecively, in 100 g. of the particular item.
- Almonds: 2.73 - 0.58
- Bacon: 2.1 - 2.0
- Beef: 1.6 - 2.2
- Bread, wholemeal: 0.51 - 0.29
- Beans, green: 0.8 - 0.8
- Beans, lima: 1.17 - 1.47
- Beans, ming: 1.32 - 1.93
- Beans, red: 0.34 - 0.42
- Beans, soy, boiled: 0.62 - 0.62
- Buckwheat: 1.2 - 0.46
- Carob: 0.71 - 0.34
- Cheese, cheddar: 0.85 - 1.7
- Chicken: 1.93 - 2.7
- Chickpeas: 1.9 - 1.38
- Chocolate: 4.5 - 2.0
- Clams: 0.83 - 0.84
- Coconut: 0.47 - 0.148
- Eggs: 0.84 - 0.82
- Fish fingers: 0.94 - 1.46
- Flaxseeds: 2.03 - 0.81
- Halibut: 0.14 - 2.22
- Liver, veal: 1.59 - 1.95
- Lentils: 2.1 - 1.74
- Milk: 0.13 - 0.28
- Millet: 0.41 - 0.26
- Nuts, cashew: 1.95 - 0.74
- Nuts, hazel: 3.51 - 0.69
- Nuts, peanuts without skin: 3.24 - 1.09
- Nuts, pecan: 2.03 - 0.81
- Nuts, walnuts: 2.25 - 0.49
- Oats, boiled: 0.13 - 0.07
- Oisters: 0.31 - 0.28
- Paranuts: 2.25 - 0.47
- Peas, green: 0.42 - 0.22
- Pork, lean: 1.51 - 1.85
- Rice, brown: 0.12 - 0.1
- Salmon: 1.53 - 2.35
- Sardines: 1.19 - 1.85
- Sesame seeds: 2.59 - 0.58
- Shellfish: 1.33 - 1.26
- Shrimps: 1.36 - 2.13
- Sunflower seeds: 1.19 - 0.54
- Tuna fish: 1.53 - 2.53
- Turkey: 1.7 - 2.45
- Yeast: 1.94 - 3.51
