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Highest protein per 100 calories

Foods ranked by protein density — grams of protein per 100 kcal.

  1. 1
    Soy protein isolate
    26.4 g / 100 kcal
  2. 2
    Shrimp, cooked
    24.2 g / 100 kcal
  3. 3
    Yellowfin tuna, cooked
    22.4 g / 100 kcal

1267 ranked foods

#Foodg / 100 kcal
1Soy protein isolate
26.4
2Shrimp, cooked
24.2
3Yellowfin tuna, cooked
22.4
4Haddock, cooked
22.2
5Canned tuna in water, drained
22
6Northern pike, cooked
21.8
7Pike, cooked
21.8
8Moose, cooked
21.8
9Mahi-mahi, cooked
21.8
10Smoked haddock
21.8
11Cod, cooked
21.7
12Cusk, cooked
21.7
13Orange roughy, cooked
21.6
14Blue crab, canned
21.5
15Crab, cooked
21.5
16Burbot, cooked
21.5
17Skipjack tuna, cooked
21.4
18Lobster, cooked
21.3
19Perch, cooked
21.2
20Turkey, light meat, roasted
21.2
21Pollock, cooked
21.1
22Grouper, cooked
21.1
23Egg white, raw
21
24Watercress, raw
20.9
25Lingcod, cooked
20.8
How this is calculatedformula · basis · source

Formula: protein_per_100g ÷ energy_kcal_per_100g × 100

Basis: Protein grams per 100 kcal (energy density basis).

Source: USDA FoodData Central. Foods missing this value are not ranked (missing ≠ zero).