Highest protein per 100 calories

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

2036 ranked foods

#	Food	Category	g / 100 kcal
376	Grated Parmesan Cheese	Dairy	10
377	Grated Parmesan Cheese	Dairy	10
378	Greek Yogurt Strawberry	Dairy	10
379	Greek Yogurt Strawberry Blended	Dairy	10
380	Jalapeno Beef Stick	Red Meat	10
381	Lambsquarters, cooked	Vegetables	10
382	Original Beef Stick	Red Meat	10
383	Powdered Peanut Butter	Nuts & Seeds	10
384	Sardines	Seafood	10
385	Sardines In Oil Lightly Smoked	Seafood	10
386	Springdale Boneless Sardines In 100% Olive Oil	Seafood	10
387	Turkey Breakfast Sausage Links	Red Meat	10
388	Classic Beef Stick	Red Meat	10
389	Pb2 Original Powdered Peanut Butter	Nuts & Seeds	10
390	Organic Basil & Cracked Black Pepper Smoked Chicken Sausage	Red Meat	10
391	Greek Yogurt Peach On The Bottom	Dairy	10
392	Nonfat dry milk	Dairy	10
393	Bison, cooked	Red Meat	10
394	Skim milk	Dairy	9.9
395	Yorkshire Cottage Cheese Natural	Dairy	9.9
396	Pork shoulder, cooked	Red Meat	9.9
397	Basil, dried	Herbs & Spices	9.9
398	Mustard greens, cooked	Vegetables	9.8
399	Edamame, cooked	Legumes & Soy	9.8
400	Chervil, dried	Herbs & Spices	9.8

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).

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