Intake recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) are not yet available for arginine.
| Arginine content – given in mg – per 100 g of food. | |||||
| Cereal products | Fruit | Fish | |||
| Wheat | 620 | Apple | 8 | Hake | 1.070 |
| Oats | 850 | Peach | 17 | Sole | 1.140 |
| Buckwheat | 970 | Strawberry | 37 | Plaice | 1.150 |
| Tangerine | 44 | Banana | 54 | Mackerel | 1.160 |
| Seeds and nuts | Avocado | 60 | Redfish | 1.190 | |
| Hazelnuts | 2.030 | Orange | 73 | Perch | 1.240 |
| Soybeans | 2.200 | Fig | 90 | Tuna | 1.250 |
| Wheat germ | 2.250 | Sardine | 1.310 | ||
| Almonds | 2.750 | Shrimp | 1.740 | ||
| Peanuts | 3.460 | Milk, dairy products, egg | Salmon | 1.330 | |
| Whipped cream | 86 | ||||
| Vegetables and salads | Milk, 3.5% fat | 120 | Miscellaneous | ||
| Tomato | 18 | Brie, 50 % F. i. Tr. | 780 | Baker’s yeast | 730 |
| Peppers | 23 | Gouda, 45 % F. i. Tr. | 980 | ||
| Cauliflower | 110 | Edam, 30 % F. i. Tr. | 1.030 | ||
| Leek | 116 | Egg | 840 | ||
| Potato | 120 | ||||
| Spinach | 130 | Meat, poultry, sausages | |||
| Onion | 160 | Mutton | 844 | ||
| Broccoli | 190 | Viennese sausage | 857 | ||
| Brussels sprouts | 280 | Mettwurst | 982 | ||
| Kale | 300 | Liverwurst | 987 | ||
| Peas | 1.060 | Chicken, breast | 1.350 | ||
| Lenses | 2.240 | Pork liver | 1.360 | ||
| Soybeans | 2.360 | Cassock cold cuts | 1.390 | ||
| Pork | 1.530 | ||||
| Veal | 1.540 | ||||
| Beef | 1.540 | ||||