Highest protein per 100 calories
Foods ranked by protein density — grams of protein per 100 kcal.
1267 ranked foods
| # | Food | Category | g / 100 kcal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Turkey breast, raw | Poultry | 20.8 |
| 27 | Elk, cooked | Red Meat | 20.7 |
| 28 | Sheepshead, cooked | Seafood | 20.7 |
| 29 | Queen crab, cooked | Seafood | 20.6 |
| 30 | Snow crab, cooked | Seafood | 20.6 |
| 31 | Walleye, cooked | Seafood | 20.6 |
| 32 | Cuttlefish, cooked | Seafood | 20.6 |
| 33 | Snapper, cooked | Seafood | 20.5 |
| 34 | Turkey breast, cooked | Poultry | 20.5 |
| 35 | Crayfish, cooked | Seafood | 20.5 |
| 36 | Tilapia, cooked | Seafood | 20.4 |
| 37 | Shrimp, canned | Seafood | 20.4 |
| 38 | Rockfish, cooked | Seafood | 20.4 |
| 39 | Halibut, cooked | Seafood | 20.3 |
| 40 | Dungeness crab, cooked | Seafood | 20.3 |
| 41 | Whiting, cooked | Seafood | 20.2 |
| 42 | King crab, cooked | Seafood | 19.9 |
| 43 | Spirulina, dried | Vegetables | 19.8 |
| 44 | Chicken gizzards, cooked | Poultry | 19.7 |
| 45 | King mackerel, cooked | Seafood | 19.4 |
| 46 | Ocean perch, cooked | Seafood | 19.3 |
| 47 | Shrimp, raw | Seafood | 19.2 |
| 48 | Monkfish, cooked | Seafood | 19.1 |
| 49 | Venison, cooked | Red Meat | 19.1 |
| 50 | Sea bass, cooked | Seafood | 19.1 |
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).
























