Highest-protein foods
Foods ranked by protein content per 100 g.
1271 ranked foods
| # | Food | Category | g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Port du Salut cheese | Dairy | 23.8 |
| 177 | Bison, cooked | Red Meat | 23.8 |
| 178 | Colby cheese | Dairy | 23.8 |
| 179 | Spot, cooked | Seafood | 23.7 |
| 180 | Mahi-mahi, cooked | Seafood | 23.7 |
| 181 | Queen crab, cooked | Seafood | 23.7 |
| 182 | Snow crab, cooked | Seafood | 23.7 |
| 183 | Pompano, cooked | Seafood | 23.7 |
| 184 | Turkey breast, raw | Poultry | 23.7 |
| 185 | Eel, cooked | Seafood | 23.7 |
| 186 | Sea bass, cooked | Seafood | 23.6 |
| 187 | Canned white tuna in water | Seafood | 23.6 |
| 188 | Sockeye salmon, canned | Seafood | 23.6 |
| 189 | Black-eyed peas, raw | Legumes & Soy | 23.5 |
| 190 | Duck, meat only, roasted | Poultry | 23.5 |
| 191 | Whiting, cooked | Seafood | 23.5 |
| 192 | Swordfish, cooked | Seafood | 23.5 |
| 193 | Lamb loin chop, cooked | Red Meat | 23.4 |
| 194 | Muenster cheese | Dairy | 23.4 |
| 195 | Muenster cheese | Dairy | 23.4 |
| 196 | Cheshire cheese | Dairy | 23.4 |
| 197 | Chicken drumstick with skin, roasted | Poultry | 23.4 |
| 198 | Cornish game hen, cooked | Poultry | 23.3 |
| 199 | Ground chicken, cooked | Poultry | 23.3 |
| 200 | Chicken thigh with skin, roasted | Poultry | 23.3 |
How this is calculatedformula · basis · source
Formula: protein grams per 100 g
Basis: Per 100 g edible portion.
Source: USDA FoodData Central. Foods missing this value are not ranked (missing ≠ zero).