Intake recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) are not yet available for alanine.
| Alanine content – given in mg – per 100 g of food. | |||||
| Cereals, cereal products | Grapes | 30 | Pork, | 1.540 | |
| White bread | 240 | Peaches | 39 | Kassel | |
| Rye bread | 300 | Lemons | 41 | Beef tenderloin | 1.620 |
| Whole-grain rye bread | 320 | Tangerines | 43 | Beef steak | 1.620 |
| Whole wheat bread | 320 | Strawberries | 44 | Cooked ham | 1.650 |
| Rusk | 370 | Bananas | 46 | Pork mince | 1.650 |
| Noodles | 470 | Avocados | 175 | Roast beef | 1.720 |
| Oatmeal | 790 | ||||
| Cornflakes, unsweetened | 800 | Milk, dairy products, egg | Fish | ||
| Buttermilk | 130 | Oysters | 750 | ||
| Legumes | Whole milk, | 130 | Hummer | 1.120 | |
| Peas | 140 | 3,5 % fat | Alaska pollock | 1.230 | |
| Lima beans | 1.210 | Yogurt, | 170 | Sole | 1.340 |
| Lenses | 1.290 | 3.5 % fat | North Sea shrimp | 1.400 | |
| Soybeans | 1.530 | Cream cheese, | 490 | Cod | 1.420 |
| 50 % fat | Carp | 1.450 | |||
| Vegetables and salads | Tilsit, | 767 | Herring (Atlantic) | 1.520 | |
| Bamboo Shoots | 120 | 45 % F. i. Tr. | Trout | 1.550 | |
| Potatoes | 120 | Appenzeller, | 770 | Tuna | 1.610 |
| Parsley | 314 | 50 % F. i. Tr. | Caviar, real | 1.630 | |
| Gouda, | 780 | (Sturgeon caviar) | |||
| Mushrooms | 45 % F. i. Tr. | Redfish | 1.680 | ||
| Chanterelles | 44 | Camembert, | 810 | Plaice | 1.690 |
| 50 % F. i. Tr. | Halibut | 1.770 | |||
| Seeds and nuts | Edam, | 890 | Mackerel | 1.880 | |
| Walnuts | 714 | 40 % F. i. Tr. | Haddock | 2.160 | |
| Peanuts | 810 | Chicken egg | 890 | ||
| Brie, | 910 | Greases and oils | |||
| Fruit | 50 % F. i. Tr. | Butter | 28 | ||
| Apples | 15 | ||||
| Cherries, sweet | 24 | Meat, poultry, sausages | Beverages | ||
| Oranges | 29 | Goose | 970 | Apple juice | 3 |
| Grapefruit | 29 | Pork belly, | 1.320 | Orange juice, | 15 |
| smoked | Unsweetened | ||||
| Roast chicken | 1.440 | ||||
| Pork liver | 1.460 | ||||
| Pork tenderloin | 1.540 | ||||
